The story of the survivors of the end of the world |
Updated 7/14 Special Edition - What Happened in Miami?
This is the same story as the one at ST, but I felt like sharing it here too because this seems like an awesome community already.
I've created 8 regions for the story already, with a few more planned. They include:
Crystal City (obviously)
Alamosa (based on LA)
San Verona (based on San Francisco)
Paris (mostly props)
Key West
Apiliani (Planet of mostly water)
Tehat Maru (mostly desert)
and three more that are still a secret.
Different regions use Olympic Terrain Mod, one uses Painted Desert, most use Arctic/Snowcapped...there's a lot of variation
BATs include BSC, Cobb, Cerulean, PEG, Simgoober, Jeronij, HK, NDex, and none of the story would be possible without the BATs of KS, 2ch.net Simplayer, SOMY, and many other Japanese BATers.
I guess I should get to the story now, eh?
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man in suit: I'm just getting onto the plane now....it's only for
a couple days...I know....I'll miss you too...bye sweetie...
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man in suit (to passenger beside him): there's my new apartment...the blue one by the park...
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Whenever I have that dream, I wake up in a sweat. I have to check my surroundings.
Was it real?
Was it a dream?
Who am I?
Where am I?
It's happened dozens of times.
Pathetic...I know. I should know by now. The knowledge should be burned into
my brain...that everything I knew for the first 28 years of my life is gone.
My home...my family...my wife...the high school I went to...they're gone.
It takes a minute, but it comes back to me.
Yes it was real
I wish it were a dream
I am Alex Davidson
And I am running from the ones that destroyed everything I knew.
Football Fever, I'm so glad that you decided to bring Crystal City here too, now I wont have such a hard time finding it and fighting the stupid server errors, just hurry to get to the last part I read, okay? ;D
I liked your CJ over at ST too. Lots of destruction. :thumbsup:
f_f, hey! Nice to see you over here along with your CJ MD. I'm behind on the ongoing story, so this will give me the opportunity to catch back up. I'm sure you'll have folks interested here in watching what happens.
Good luck!
David
This could interesting to follow ;) Good start :thumbsup:
OMG!!...now there are two places to read your updates!!
i love it, i love it, i love it!!
good to have you here Football :) :thumbsup:
I can't say that I've seen the one at ST (though I should probably look at it now) but I can say that this looks like a great start (or continuation). Interesting character development too. I'll be back to see more.
Destruction! Calamity!!! %confuso &apls
Great start for a md!
Nice! Great story, I'm hooked already.
Thank you for all your comments already! I love the support of the community here. I'm bored and at work, so I'm copying another of my updates. I might be making very minor details, and will definitely be including some cool banners that weren't there on ST (because I wasn't that clever yet).
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Fred_Ginger: Thanks for being my first reply, Vicki! I take it you were one of my lurkers at ST haha. I believe I'm at 3200 views, with less than 300 replies now. I nailed the lurker demographic
emilin: I'm glad you saw it over there too. I definitely try for 'tasteful' destruction, and not mindless violence. Hope to see you around
dedgren: If it isn't the legend himself! Thank you for visiting my CJ MD! I know it's a little discouraging to start reading a CJ when it gets to be too long. You know all about that with your 30+ pager though haha. I hope to have you as a fan now that it's nice and short
Rayden: oooh another legend. Glad to have you here, and hope you become a fan as well
Fledder200: As long as you comment both places, my friend...you get the Crystal City Biggest Fan Award
threestooges: It's quite alright if you haven't seen it on ST, you found it here. It's a lot easier now that there aren't 50,000 new CJs started each day. It gets bumped off the front page pretty quickly. You can read ahead if you like...I have 16 chapters so far there. Glad to have you here.
Flipside: oh yes...and lots of it. In flashbacks, everything builds to the destruction of Earth. In the present day, everything is building toward...you'll have to see
bat: Thank you! I tried to have a nice attention grabbing intro. No one likes a boring story.
petercintn: Great that you're hooked! I hope to see you around some more!
Replies are finished...here is Chapter 1. I'll make a cool Chapter 1 banner when I get home. Enjoy!
Alex Davidson
-Present Day
What would you do if everything you ever knew was destroyed? I mean everything.
Your family...house...car...the park you played in as a kid...the gas station with the pretty cashier...
Would you give up?
Would you run away from the problems until they caught up to you again?
Or would you fight? Fight for your right to live. The right that was taken away from the rest of the world.
I don't know what you'd choose, but I can tell you what I did.
I fought...I am fighting...
My name is Alex Davidson, and I am one of the last people of Earth...
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Alex: good morning delsa
Delsa: I'm so glad you're here. If I had to stare at blank space for another minute I'd open the hatch and float away.
Alex: great...that makes me look forward to my shift
Delsa: heh...godnight Alex
and so I settled into the chair for another long monotonous shift. If you think going into space is exciting, I'm here to kill your aspirations. Don't get me wrong...it is exciting...for the first few days. Then a week goes by...then a month...then...who knows how long we've been here. There isn't exactly a sun revolving around us anymore to provide a sense of time.
Not falling asleep on a shift was easy. I hated sleeping. Whenever I closed my eyes to sleep...I saw it. The destruction. I didn't want to see it. Ever.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and knew my boredom was broken
Allison
Allison: hey, sleepyhead
Alex: Good morning
Allison: Morning? It's the middle of the night
Alex: For you it is
Allison: You know I'm always right. Plus, don't you owe me a backrub from the bet you lost the other night?
we smiled
Alex: Are you going to make some breakfast?
Allison: Sure, how do you like your eggs?
Alex: Not dehydrated?
Relationships with others in the crew were hot and cold at different times. Not with Allison. We were drawn toward each other somehow. I lost my wife, she lost her husband. We had both moved to San Verona recently, we were on the same flight...we both survived...
Suddenly the computer said something in a language we couldn't understand. There was a lot about the Hyperion we didn't understand.
Allison: What did it say?
Alex: I have no idea. But we'd better find out.
Allison: The first word it said...I think I actually remember it...remember the asteroid we nearly hit?
Alex: yeah...it was an alarm...
Allison: But for what?
Then it appeared
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Alex: Oh...no...
Allison hit the alarm as I shouted for the people sleeping to get to stations
Greg: *%^& They found us
Alex: Delsa! You know how to use the weapons best! Fire at that thing!
Delsa: Firing weapons!
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Alex: It didn't do anything!
Nick: They're coming closer...
Liz: They're firing! Hold on!
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Nick: we're hit! we need to land on that planet
Alex: Liz, can you get us into the atmosphere without burning up?
Liz: I think heat shieds are still intact
Nick: We'd last longer in the atmosphere without heat shields that we would fighting that damn ship
Alex: Let's do it
Liz guided the ship toward the white planet. I hoped this wasn't the end. We've come so far. Too far to just burn up haplessly in the atmosphere of some random planet.
The intense orange glow was filled the bridge. Everything was shaking violently. I thought maybe if burning up didn't kill us, then surely our brains would vibrate right our our ears.
Liz: 100,000 feet....80,000....60,000....reversing thrust....
The ship felt like it had slammed into the ground...but we were still falling
Liz: Decent is slowing...30,000 feet...10,000 feet...brace for impact
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to be continued...
Nice and easy following story. Very imaginative pictures. Looking forward for the continuation of that ;)
Btw, thanks for considering me a legend, but that is something for David, Jer, John or Choco, just to mention a few of the real legends. I'm not yet up to their standards. $%Grinno$%
Very interesting storyline you've got there, I can't wait to see how everything develops!
Wow your city is impressive, your building very beautiful !!!
And once again, another update well done. On a technical note (if I may): the last pic, the one with the crash, was that the meteor disaster? If so, it really show the scale of the project about to come as those mountains behind it would have to be huge. I may read ahead at ST, but it's just as good here.
Ah, the sound of satisfaction. But if you don't keep this going... I'll :'(.
:thumbsup:Great story and pics. I like science fiction story very much and your is well done . keep going &apls
wow what does that award involve? some hugs? freebees? a new manslave? :)
great stuff football!!
i see that you redid your "first"pics!!
the look ten times better now!!
Hey hey! Looking good sweety, looking good.
Sorry I haven't updated in a bit. I've been working at both of my jobs, and when I have any free time, I've been trying to make an new update for this CJ at ST (where I'm on update 22) or working on a new side project called SHT - The Simtropolis Humor Team. Our CJ at ST is called The SHT Show, and is meant to bring humor and fun back to a site that has seen increasing turmoil the last few months. Now that all the main members are members here (fledder200, Schulmanator, jacqulina, Archangel9, Narya) we're thinking of launching it here at sc4d, as we like to spread the love around, and not stash it in any one place.
Anyway, here are some replies
Rayden: you are too a legend...if not, getting there. I used to see you around EVERYWHERE at ST. Now I'm seeing you everywhere here...
thundercrack83: Can't wait? Just grab a Snickers...
Antoine: Thank you. I recently built a new city for the first update, because the one I used to have in those pictures was a griddy, abandonded mess. My city-building is much better now, and I'm glad you like it
threestooges: Yeah, I thought of that when I was making the new updates (I updated my first three updates a couple months ago). The meteor looked good before, but now it would have to be much bigger for the same effect. It's good that you're paying such close attention though...you might need it later when the story gets all loopy
petercintn: Don't worry, I'm keeping this going here too. Keeping the entire CJ at ST is like keeping your prize piece of art on a rickety swing bridge over a canyon that's on a fault line that might quake at any time and cause a volcano to open up right under the bridge. Ok, maybe that bad, but I don't want my stuff over there getting deleted.
kimcar: Ooooh kimcar visiting my CJ.... ()stsfd()I feel all special now. I'm glad you like my sci-fi story. I try to keep everything as realistic and believable as possible. I don't like stories that treat audiences like the Lethal Weapon movies did...(Me: Whaa? How did that happen??)
fledder200: Yah, man, I redid those pics like...months ago. You're stipped of your title as CC's #1 fan, and it is given to...
Narya: THIS GIRL!! I suppose I call you Naryanna here, eh? How about just Karin? No? Ok...I'm giving the award back to Ferry.. &sly
Chapter 2 - Where is Here?
Alex Davidson
-Present Day
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As soon as I came back to conciousness, I could feel the chill of a panic flowing up my spine.
Once I looked around I noticed it could be the chill of just plain cold.
The instant I opened my eyes I was blinded by a bright light. Is this death?
Cold and bright? No, I wasn't dead. I was still in the ship. Wait...I was still in the ship
and there was bright sunlight shining in my eyes? That's not a good thing
I noticed two people awake trying awaken the others. It was a violent impact.
Who was unconcious, and who was dead?
Theresa: Alex, you're alive!
Alex: Yeah...ow, what happened?
Theresa: We're alive. All of us except Paula and Ryan.
Alex: Oh my god...where are they?
Theresa: Still in their seat. We need to get everyone out of here that's still alive before
something happens.
Alex: You mean the ship explodes?
Theresa: Or worse
I knew what she was talking about. I didn't know how long I was out, but there couldn't be
much time to lose.
I went to the closest person to me, a middle aged man named David.
Alex: David....David wake up...David....
David: oh...
Alex: David, you need to get up
David: are we alright?
Alex: For now we are, but we need to get out of here
I started to wake up the next person when it hit me...wasn't Allison next to me?
This time the chill was worse than when I didn't know if I was dead or alive...I
didn't know if she was dead or alive.
After a short time we were all awake.
Nick: Alex...glad to see you're alive
Alex: You too, Nick
Although Nick and I had many disagreements, we respected each other a lot. The rest of
the group looked to the two of us for leadeship. Why me, I don't know. Apparently
I give good advice. We didn't see eye to eye on many things, but one thing is for sure.
If one of us was gone, this cold place was sure to get a lot colder.
Nick: I saw something up on that hill. It looked like it was made of stone.
We should head there since the Hyperion won't keep up warm very long.
Alex: Good plan.
I addressed the crew
Alex: Everyone! We're going to head up to the stone structure on the top of that hill.
Grab whatever food and supplies you can, we need to leave as soon as possible. You have 5 minutes
On the back of my mind was Allison. Where had she gone?
I walked along the hull of the Hyperion. Time to grab whatever food I could.
"You really inspired the troops there, William Wallace. Nice Speech"
The voice came from the food storage....Allison
Alex: Where the hell have you been?
We hugged
Allison: Well, I figured this is what we'd be doing eventually, so I started packing while you
were still napping.
She had all the food packed into storage bins...all ready for transport
Alex: you're a genius.
The remaining 8 members of the Hyperion hiked up the hill to the stone structure. As we arrived we found
the ruins of what looked like a castle. It seems there was life on this ice cube at one point.
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We found part of the ruin that went underground...perfect shelter from the cold. Who knows how cold it
gets here at night.
Delsa: That was quite a hike Mr. Boyscout leader. Is there any water in there?
Alex: Yeah, here
She took a drink and set it down on part of the stone wall.
Delsa: So what do we do next? Live here until our food runs out?
Nick: We're not sure yet. Today was kind've a lot to absorb.
Liz: Look...Delsa's water...
The surface of Delsa's water was shaking like Jurassic Park when the T-Rex was approaching.
I'd hate to see what a T-rex looked like on this planet.
But it wasn't an animal at all. Pretty soon the entire place was shaking. Delsa's water fell onto the floor
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Liz: it's them...
Nick: They're going for the Hyperion
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Theresa: They're going to find us!
Nick: You don't know that
Theresa: What about the tracks in the snow?
Alex: Maybe they don't see us
Everyone knew that was a lie, but we all lied to ourselves that it might be true.
If they could find our tiny ship in the middle of billions of miles of space, they could find us
Huddled less than a mile away in a stone castle
Miraculously they took off...after what seemed like an hour or more...
Alex: How did they miss us?
Nick: I don't know...but it seems we might be safe here for a little while.
Allison: I hope so...the only question...
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where is here?
&hlp Welcome to page 2 &hlp
Wow, now that's what I call an intrigueing start!
Jsut want to know how Alex come from his home planet into the hyperion? Maybe I should follow the CJ at ST, but I do not go there often anymore.
Looking forward to coming updates.
Enjoy the weekend.
Nik-Nik
Very cool pictures. Don't have time to get myself updated on the story just now (I will later of course) but the stone houses in the snow are really sweet. :thumbsup:
wasnt this cj on st?, anyways, Ilove it!, very creative, and that spaceship is awesome. and i agree with emilin, those stone structures are great &apls &apls
My apologies for a couple of the pictures in the last update. The ones with the shadow of the ship passing over the ruins were from when I first started the story, and were much, much lower quality than I am capable of. I updated the first few updates about a month ago, but a few of the crappy pictures that are left are ones that I wasn't able to get to at the time...sorry about that. There might still be a chance. Just ignore the fact that the ship looks completely different in this update than it did before....
NikNik: believe it or not, in 4 months of updating this story, you're the first person to ask how they got in the ship in the first place. Unfortunately, it won't be answered for quite some time. But as you'll see in the next update, the past will be told in flashbacks starting a week before Earth is destroyed.
emilin: As long as you get caught up while it's still at 2 pages instead of 11 over at ST. Long CJs can get discouraging. Thanks for visiting.
Cali: Yes it was, and I'm still updating it over there. I'm getting into some complicated stuff, and it's much easier to transpose an update from there to here than it is to make a completely new update. Thanks for the compliments
Chapter 3 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Nick Lamont
-Present Day
My name is Nick Lamont
Recently I've survived crashing into an alien planet, a near miss with an asteroid, hijacking
an alien spacecraft, a plane crash, and directly before that, a shootout in an airport.
I don't know why I've survived this long, but I did. And I'm looking at things quite differently
than I did before. There is something here that needs to be done. And I'm going to find out what
that is if it kills me.
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David: Liz and I are going back down to the ship. Any requests for things to look for?
Theresa: See if you can find any cigarettes
David: Yeah...it's at the top of the priorities. Right above "more water"
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We've been getting along pretty well for the last few days. We were still in our little cave in the
castle. I'd been trying to convince them to leave, but without a direction to go, or a goal to go after,
my argument was useless. But that was until today. Today...things change.
Everyone was in their normal places. Alex and Allison were talking in the corner, Delsa was cleaning the
same spot she'd cleaned 50 times before, David and Liz were reading or writing something, Theresa was pacing
and on edge from having nothing to smoke.
Theresa heard it first. It started as a subtle hum, as if someone's cell phone was vibrating. It gradually
became louder...and louder...Theresa was the first to notice.
Theresa: Do you hear that?
Greg: yeah, what is it?
Alex: Are they back?
Nick: I don't think so. This sounds different.
I poked my head out of the hole. It was apporaching fast. Delsa's head appeared next to mine.
Delsa: Oh my...
Nick: We should go back inside
The engines roared as it zoomed overhead
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Nick: That was definitely not our enemy. We need to go in that diection
Liz: It's not our enemy, but how do we know they're friendy?
Alex: We have to try. At least we know there's life. We can't just stay here.
It was good having him on my side. The others seemed to listen to him more, even though
he got his advice from me 90% of the time. Liz and Alex continued to argue
Liz: ok, so even if we went, how do we know if that ship was on its way home or to some place?
Alex: We don't know that. But even if it was going somewhere else, there would be someone there
regardless.
Nick: How about we vote on it? All in favor of following that ship that might not be an enemy
and probably has fresh food and water, raise your right hand. All those in favor of
staying here and slowly starving to death while we figure out who we're going to eat first,
raise your left hand.
Liz: You put it so nicely...
We packed what we could and left our shelter. We hadn't gone far when we reached our first obstacle
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Greg: wow, this is nice. I always wanted to go to the grand canyon...I just figured I'd be on Earth when I did
Liz: we should definitely not have left. how are we going to cross this?
Allison: How about we climb?
She started to climb down the steep cliff
Alex: hmm..seems like a good plan to me...
Just as Alex started climbing down we heard the hum again.
Nick: guys, wait.
There in the distance a familiar shape appeared...only there were two of them now.
They stopped above the valley we were about to enter and hovered for about a minute.
what were they doing?
as soon as I thought that, they lowered themselved over two massive crystals sticking out of the snow.
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Alex: allison, don't move
We were still hidden from their view...it seemed.
They sat on the crystals for a couple minutes before taking off.
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They flew near us, but turned away to fly the way they came.
David: I wonder what that was all about?
Nick: I don't know, but it solves the question about which way to travel.
We all started climbing down the cliffs into the canyon and continued our journey across the snowy terrain...
Great update and wonderful snow pictures! :thumbsup:
those are some big crystals..great work :thumbsup:
Very interesting. From the frying pan to the fire so to speak. Bated breath while waiting for more. Whatever that means. Good story!
Ok, so some of my pics aren't showing up over at ST, so updating should be a little faster. I'm posting the photos on photobucket under my account (they were just random pics at imageshack before) so now they won't disappear, and I'll have the entire update coded for image posting and everything...just copy and paste. Wheee!
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bat: thank you! Everyone loves the snow pictures haha
Cali: Yes, massive crystals indeed. I have big plans for them that I haven't gotten to on ST
petercintn: I was trying to think of a clever reply, but I can't, and will just post the update instead.
This is the first of many flashbacks. It helps fill in the story to let you know where the characters are coming from, "Lost" style. Just let me know if it gets too confusing...I don't want any of my readers to be "lost"
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Nick Lamont
6 days before the end of the world
Atlantic Ocean
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Nick: Hey...the plane just left Paris...yeah, I have it...
they were taken care of...see you at the gate
Most people go to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower and The Louvre, others might go to visit friends or family. Then there is the rare person that goes to steal priceless paintings. Out of this rare group, most of them aren't successful. I guess that makes me very special.
Some people might consider me a bad person. OK, most people would consider me a bad person. But to my credit, most of the people that know I'm a bad person aren't alive for very long. So I am a good person...in a tree-falling-in-the-woods-no-one-around-to-hear-it sort of way.
It's a long flight from Paris to Alamosa. Even with dinner and sleeping, there was a lot of awake time to spend thinking about what I'd done.
Captain: Ladies and gen..lemen, this is your cap......peaking. Just letting you know.......arriving in approx......20 minutes. Thank you for fly......Anga Airways.
some passengers looked wearily to one another. That much static wasn't normal. Makes you wonder what else is wrong with the plane.
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Robbie met me at the airport. What I saw made my mouth drop. He was holding a sign that said "Prince Henry."
Nick: what the **** do you think you're doing!
Robbie: It's a joke
I slammed him against the wall
Nick: How do like this joke, you idiot? Do you have any idea how many people are looking for any kind of clue as to where the painting went?
I held the sign up to him
Nick: does this look anything like a clue to you?
I slammed it in a garbage can and walked away.
Walking out of the main doors I saw a familiar black Lexus: my frequent employer Andreas.
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Andreas: Nicholas...come va?
Nick: bene
Andreas: good. don't say another word until we get to Mario's
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The best Italian food in Alamosa was at Mario's. It was also the place people went to talk about "business" without being disturbed. If anyone asks, you were never there.
Mario put us in Andreas's private booth.
Andreas: so...how did it go
Nick: without a hitch
Andreas: that's my boy. Where is the painting now?
Nick: it's on it's way. I sent it to myself using Ibella express.
Ibella was a large oil company with a major refinery in Alamosa docks. The refinery was owned by the cousin of the a boss that owned the Neyorka Bay Casino in Las Vegas. He was known for smuggling goods from overseas on his tankers for quite a profit.
Andreas: how much is that going to cost?
Nick: $15,000. Don't worry, it's coming out of my cut.
Andreas: good. very good. you're sure the rest of the team is taken care of?
Nick: you know the answer to that question
Andreas: I do. But I want to hear it from your mouth.
Nick: Yes. They're all dead
Andreas: here's what you're going to do...this is the biggest heist we've done. You're going to lay extra low for the next few weeks. I have a room for you at the Atlantic Plaza Hotel down the street. You don't do anything until I say so, is that understood? You leave the room only if it's absolutely neccesary, you do not spend the money, you do not speed, you do not change lanes without using your blinker. No police attention. If I hear about anything...
He let the sentence hang. He didn't have to finish it.
Andreas: When does the package come?
Nick: Next Wednesday at the latest
Andreas: Here is your keycard...I will see you Thursday
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Front Desk: Good afternoon Mr. Kessler would you like a bellman to help with your belongings?
Nick: I'm fine...thanks.
I set my luggage on the floor and sat on the bed thinking about what Andreas told me. Then I stood up and walked out the door
f_f- hey, lots of hard work here.
I have to tell you, I'm a hard sell with story MDs/CJs. Either the story needs to be a real "grabber," or the pics have to provide a compelling focus. While I like what you've done here when I go through the whole thing all at once (like I did today), individual updates like your last one don't really leave me completely satisfied (although, again, when I read it at the end of reading the whole thing, it worked much better).
A couple of suggestions.
1) Maybe try more pics, perhaps varied size (the uniform 800x600 size seems kind of clunky)- you might even think about some side-by-side pics and text done with tables (PM my if you want some info on how to do this). I guess I'm saying break things up a bit, and make the pics interesting in and of themselves.
2) I'd really suggest condensing your text. Make the font size smaller, and compress things by using a more "novel-like" format. Now, almost every line starts in a new paragraph, and you sometimes have the reader looking at screenfulls of text.
Anyway, I'm being a critic because, at bottom, I'm a fan, and really would like to see this go the places that it could. I know you care a lot about what you're doing- replacing the flawed pics told me a great deal.
Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out.
David
Nice airport. Think I'll dl that and take some pointers. As always, I'm waiting in suspense to see what happens.
Wow, only 2 replies? I'm not used to that...(edit: now that I look back, I had 2 replies before this update at ST as well...weird)
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Dedgren: Thanks for the pointers. I was curious as to how to why my font was huge. Consider it fixed. As for the rest of it, it gets much better in just a few updates. I could completely rework the first 10 updates, but that would involve so much rewriting...that's where plot holes come in. I've successfully avoided them so far. haha
petercintn: Unfortunately I try to end each update with a cliffhanger, so you might be waiting in suspense for some time...haha
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Delsa Vega
-69 days after the end of the world
Most people in my situation wouldn't consider themselves lucky. I am one of the last eight people
alive from Earth, everyone I know is dead, I'm stranded on a strange planet covered in ice, and running
from an unknown enemy that destroyed Earth.
I guess I can't help being an optimist when I think of the fact that I am still alive, and although my job
wasn't a pretty one...at least I have comfortable shoes...
Greg: Wow, this was a great idea. I love that we left our shelter to pursue a ship that may or may not be
friendly. It's really good that we're walking in this bitter cold...that cave...it was a little too
warm and cozy, you know?
Liz: With all the hot air coming out of your mouth, we should be able to stay plenty warm
The rest of the group smiled. Greg had been talking non-stop since leaving the cave
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Greg: Man, look at this...first I get to see the grand canyon, and now Mt. Everest? I love this sightseeing tour!
Liz: That's it...
Liz threw him into the snow and punched him in the mouth
Liz: you need to shut up! I'm sick of hearing your voice! I hope it hurts to talk now
Greg: that didn't hurt...
he sounded shocked
Greg: ...guys...that didn't hurt...
Alex: I'm sure it didn't, Greg. Seriously, stop talking.
Liz was a tough girl. No one knew what she did before all this happened, but she was the one person that was able to
fly the Hyperion.
Nick: Stop all that horsing around. We need to keep moving.
Greg: what about Mt Everest here in our way?
Nick: we handle it the same as all the others. We go around it. Simple
Delsa Vega
-71 days after the end of the world
We have been walking for 3 days. There was no end in sight. We hiked to the top of a small hill, and there were mountains
as far as the eye could see. We had kept warm at night by hollowing piles of snow into shelters. It was some sort of survival thing
Liz knew. We prepared to leave the small valley we stayed in for the night.
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Theresa: I'm not feeling good at all...we should stay here
Nick: We've gone too far to stop. For all we know, civilization could be on the other side of that mountain
Allison: What if it's not? We'll still be in the middle of nowhere
Delsa: What if it is?
Allison: It won't be, Delsa, there's nothing out here.
Allison had been challenging everything Nick said. If it wasn't for Alex supporting Nick, she wouldn't listen to him at all
Alex: let's just keep moving...if we stay here, we'll die. If we go out and there's nothing there, we die. If we go out and there
is something there...we live. Going out there is the only possibility of surviving
Very well put. Alex could be very eloquent when he needed to be. Nick nodded to him with approval
Allison was not pleased Alex had sided with Nick again, but everyone knew he was right. We began to gather our supplies and head out
Delsa Vega
-74 days after the end of the world
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We have now been walking for 5 days. We have seen nothing. Nothing but snow. Occasionally we saw a large Crystal sticking out of the snow.
I found a small one that I was carrying with me. The group was tired and cold. We were moving slower than ever. Somehow I was in the front,
directing where we went. It was now mindless walking. No one talked. We knew we were going to die here.
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Delsa: We should climb one of those hills at the end of this clearing to see if we can see something
There was no response. The group continued to walk silently. The clearing was bigger than I thought. It felt like we'd never
reach the other side. Even I was beggining to trudge through the snow. Theresa collapsed.
Alex: is she ok?
David: She's barely breathing. There's nothing we can do for her
David was a doctor before all this happened. It didn't look good.
Delsa: should we take her with us?
Nick: we can put her on one of the food sleds.
We began to walk further through the field. None of us looked healthy. Greg collapsed a short time later. Alex, who was pulling a
sled with food and Theresa on it fell to the snow a few feet from him. We were all so tired. We were all about to die in this field
My vision was blurred. I looked to my left and saw Allison on the ground. I looked to my right in time to see Liz fall to the ground.
This was it...
The wind stirred snow into my face. Ice fell from my coat from the intense vibration. Wind...vibration...not natural...I looked up...
through my blurry freezing eyes I could barely make out the last thing I thought I'd ever see
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and then everything was black....
Heh heh,
Yes F_F, 30 pages is a tad much, so I will kick back and enjoy this once again! I can't help but notice the work you've managed to do on the mountainous terrain. Great work... I could definitely learn a thing or two from it! Also, the story is (and always has been) the best reason to read this MD.
great story you have going, pal. the 30 pages to read through seems daunting. lol maybe if i had more time... would love to follow this from now on. see you
Sorry about the lack of updates here. I'd been working on chapter 19 of the story as it stands over at ST, and although it takes little effort to transfer old updates here, I've been too busy to do so. I do want to hurry up and get the story up to date here though. We're almost to the meat of the story...don't worry. Think of the first 10 chapters like Star Wars Episodes I and II. All they're really there for is to set up Episode III. And if you weren't around for the first two, you probably wouldn't care as much about the third...[/rambling]
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beskhu3epnm: Hello, my friend. Glad to see you here at sc4d. I'm only at 13 pages over at ST, which is much better than 30...
And I don't know about the talk of you learning things about terraforming from me...pretty much all my maps are yours or someone else from NHP...excluding the few that are hand-terraformed and contain minimal detail...like this one.
zniehadajet: Thank you for the compliment! I'm sure you'll like the story much better once it gets rolling. See you around
Everyone: I know there aren't many pictures in this update, but it is rather short and depressing compared to the rest of the story. Next update things get much better...I promise
Chapter 6 - Things Could Be Worse
Delsa Vega
-6 Days Before the End of the World
Delsa: Housekeeping, this is Delsa...
Guest: hi, my sheets are dirty. I need someone to change them now, please
Delsa: I'm very sorry, Mr. Kessler, I will send someone right away
*click*
Another rich person not happy with their room. This is my life. In charge of keeping a hotel clean that I would never be able to afford to stay in. But at least I'm here. At least I have a job. It could be worse. I could be unable to support my three kids. And I make more than the people I'm in charge of. Things could be worse.
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Anyone that knows me would tell you I keep a positive outlook on life. No matter what happens, things could be worse. Crabby celebrities? Could be worse. Crappy job? Could be worse.
Today...things are about to get a lot worse.
Delsa: housekeeping this is Delsa
Operator: Delsa, your sister just called. She would like you to call her immediately
Delsa: Thank you
My sister never calls me at work. I had a sinking feeling in my chest. I almost didn't want to call her.
Delsa: Gabriella, is something wrong?
Gabriella: Delsa...it's mom...she's in the hospital...it's...not good....
She was fighting tears on the phone. I put someone else in charge and left for the hospital.
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Delsa: Traffic..no! hurry up!
Tears began to fill my eyes. This stupid Alamosa traffic was going to make me miss the last moments of my mother's life.
Delsa: please go faster...please...
I turned on the radio to help distract me from my frustration
Static. Nothing but static on three different stations.
Finally a station. News, but at least it was something
Radio: ....on the run. Authorities in Paris are still searching for leads on the dissapearance of the Prince Henry painting from the Four Seasons Mall. Investigators are baffled by how the thiefs stole the painting, and even more puzzling are the four bodies found in a nearby metro station believed to be the thieves themselves. All flights between....
Depressing news on the radio, depressing news in real life...things could be worse...somehow.
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My worst fear had come true. When I got to the hospital, my mother had died. My brother and sisters were standing around her bed. My brother Octavio told me she was not awake while they were here, but it did not help me get over the fact that I did not see her before she died.
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I arrived at my house around 1am. My two oldest children were still awake
Delsa: Why are you still awake? You have school tomorrow
Armando: Something happened to abuela?
Delsa: Yes, honey, she died today.
Julio: What is going to happen?
Delsa: tomorrow after school, we're going to San Verona to see the rest of the family.
Julio: and then what?
Delsa: I don't know sweetie...just try to get some rest.
The two boys went to their rooms. I stayed in the living room and sat on the couch. It seemed like there were so many bad things happening. Not just here, but everywhere. How was I supposed to be positive? Of course I was going to San Verona, and I was going to see family I hadn't seen in awhile...but my mother was dead, and I didn't know what to tell my children about it. This was their first experience with the subject.
The TV turned to static. Great, now I need to get the TV fixed.
It felt like I was surrounded with bad news. I had no idea how true that was about to be
looks good as always football!!
&apls
i need some more, i'm hooked ;)
Football, I'm still here. Just waiting until you get to the parts I haven't seen before!
Quote...depressing...
Well, nailed that one...
btw, what program is the orangy-looking city pic in? SC5?
See you next update.
David
-David: If I recall correctly, that "orangy pic" is a shot of "Los Santos" (a.k.a. Los Angeles) from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Regardless of where it came from, it fits very well (and hopefully SC5 would look like that...but then my computer wouldn't be able to handle it...). The story as a whole is a great read. Star Wars I & II may have been to set up III but they were still interesting and enjoyable. I'll look forward to the next installment of what has already shaped up to be a great read. Thank you for taking the time to put together such a detailed story.
wow, this is really getting good &apls
... still waiting...
Ok...sorry for the depressing update. This is where we finally get into the good parts of the story.
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Fledder200: Ferry, you've read the whole thing. You even left you pom-poms in chapter 15.
Fred_Ginger: I'm trying to get the updates out quickly. I'm about 10 updates behind ST at the moment. Which part did you leave off?
dedgren: Yeah...that's probably my least favorite update...but it shows the optimism of Delsa, which becomes important. And as cool as it would be to have SC5 already, that pic is indeed from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The city where most of the flashbacks take place is Alamosa, which is modeled after LA. Los Santos is a great GTA version of LA
threestooges: GTA: San Andreas...you are correct. I also enjoyed episodes I and II, just like I enjoy the first part of this story. But just remember that the best is yet to come.
Cali: Thank you. This is getting to be a much better part of the story.
Fred_Ginger: hehe I'll try to hurry.
Everyone: this update sets in motion the end of the world. I hope you like it. And also, in the next update you actually get to see Crystal City.
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Elizabeth Banks
-5 days before the end of the world
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Liutenant Hardy called me at 0800 that morning. He obviously didn't say what the situation was, but I was sure it
was going to be like all the others. At a base that trains Navy pilots, you don't expect to see much action. You're
ready for it, but you just don't see it.
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I was stationed at Naval Air Station, Key West. It was very beautiful...and very very boring. Most days involved
training on some sort of fighter plane. Sometimes we'd fly to Pensacola to land and takeoff on aircraft carriers.
Maybe that sounds exciting to you, but after doing it 3,000 times indifference really takes its toll.
I was sitting in a briefing room with a small group of pilots when Liutenant Hardy walked to the front.
Liutenant Hardy: ladies and gentlemen, you may be expecting another drill today, but we have a real situation.
A small group of Cubans have stolen a nuclear weapon from the Naval Reservation north of Key West.
We all looked at each other in suprise. The nuclear arsenal was under such tight security that anyone that actually
has any business being near them had a hard time getting there. A trainee named John rose his hand
John: Sir, may I ask how they managed to steal a warhead from a secure area like the Reservation?
Liutenant Hardy: That's a good question, son, I wish I had the answer. But what you and I need to be concerned about
is not letting them get to the mainland.
"we've traced their vehicle to a Uhaul rental on East Rockland Key...seen here"
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Liutenant Hardy: your job is to patrol the Overseas Highway, and spot their van. We've contacted Uhaul and ensured there
are no other vans on the road. If you see one, it's them. Notify us immediately. Dismissed...Banks...come see me please
The other pilots walked out of the room and averted their eyes. I was in trouble?
Liutenant Hardy: Good morning Ms. Banks
Liz: Sir...
Liutenant Hardy: This isn't going to be a suprise to you, but...
Liz: but they aren't Cubans?
Liutenant Hardy: correct. These "Cubans" are different. We're not sure exactly what they are, but they managed to slip past
all of our security and slip out with a dangerous weapon. Be careful out there.
Liz: I will sir.
Liutenant Hardy: If you see them, you have permission to engage. Take out that bridge.
Nothing gets to the mainland, understood? No one else has permission, only you. My authority overrides those giving
you orders in the air. I'll show you this map that I didn't show the others.
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Liutenant Hardy: this shows their last known position. Go there immediately, and if you do not have a visual, proceed with the mission
that was given. Patrol the highway. Hopefully you get to them before they get to Seven Mile Bridge. Good luck, Banks.
I walked to my plane, a Harrier. The others had taken off already. I took off and went immediately to the location Liutenant Hardy
had shown me; the eastern end of Key West.
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I flew over several times hoping to see the van. I scanned ever single vehicle, but it was useless. It was like playing Where's Waldo from 5,000 feet in the air.
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Damn it. I was hoping this would be over quickly. I proceeded to fly along the Highway.
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Keith: Hey Lizard, what did Hardy want?
Liz: We told me to shoot you down if you keep hogging the radio. What's your position?
As soon as I said that his plane lit up on my radar. Then, as quickly as it had appeared, it vanished...only to reappear two
seconds later.
Liz: That's a good trick. If Hardy knew you were using his Harrier as a toy, he'd break you
He was flying low to the water to avoid radar detection, and would lift up until he was visible, and would lower himself to the water again.
Flying low to the water is a no no in this area. There are more boats than cars on this island.
He joined my flight pattern
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We were about to fly over the Seven Mile Bridge
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Liz: You know they can see that on the radar at NAS, right?
Keith: Chill out, Lizard, they don't take away your....oh my god, there they are...
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Liz: NAS come in, bogey's spotted going east on seven mile bridge
NAS: Rodger that unit 2...pre...da...gr.........
Liz: I did not copy, please repeat!
NAS: Do....fly....rop....sd...pol........
Liz: Keith, did you understand them?
Keith: not a word...what do we do?
I remembered my orders.
Liz: prepare to engage
Keith: ENGAGE? Are you crazy?
Liz: I have orders
Keith: So do I, remember? They're the same orders!
Liz: I have other orders...from Hardy. Follow me
He followed. I hope I was doing the right thing.
Liz: Keith, are you with me on this?
Keith: I'm with you. What do we do?
Liz: We take out the bridge. They can't make it to the mainland without a road in front of them.
Prepare Maverick missiles......Lock on..................fire...........
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Dammit...our missiles hit the supports under the van. I had to hope against the worst.
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NAS: WHAT...YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!?!?....CIVILIANS....OING TO SET OFF...THE BOMB!!! GET OUT OF THERE!!!
Keith: Liz, what did we do?
Liz: We made a mistake...I was told to take out the bridge...We need to get away from that thing...top speed...NOW!!!
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The worst had happened...and I was responsible....I thought....
Just love those pictures Football! &apls &apls &apls I got so impatient for an update that I read the update over at ST. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Fred_Ginger on March 27, 2007, 09:35:08 PM
Just love those pictures Football! &apls &apls &apls I got so impatient for an update that I read the update over at ST. :thumbsup:
That's crazy! I usually have a hard enough time getting in there and getting the things I need without a server error...
Yeah, usually, but I did good today!
Hi football_fever ,
Hehe , there's something from 24 ( hours stopwatch ) ! Where is Jack Bauer ? ;D
I don't know how many time and work this kind of scene required , but the result is wonderful . &apls
Oh, great- now you're blowing up south Florida...
...where's Ahhhh-nuld when you really, really need him?
I'm still depressed. A fan, but depressed.
David
while going through that last bit, i was sure i saw that sequence of events (in the animation) in a movie before. you got to it first, david. hahahah gov-nah ahhh nuld! hahahah omg that was a cliffhanger. what happens to liz? if they arent cubans, who are they? oh my oh my!!!
Quote from: dedgren on March 28, 2007, 07:43:25 AM
Oh, great- now you're blowing up south Florida...
...where's Ahhhh-nuld when you really, really need him?
I'm still depressed. A fan, but depressed.
David
I thought those shots of the bridge blowing up looked familiar! Great update,
football_fever!
Quote from: dedgren on March 28, 2007, 07:43:25 AM
Oh, great- now you're blowing up south Florida...
...where's Ahhhh-nuld when you really, really need him?
Ummmmmmmm, David, Ahhhhh-nuld is in California
playing Governator - trying to work things out with
the girly-men in the legislature....
great pictures and wonderful story! :thumbsup:
Fred_Ginger: I hope you liked the update here a little better. I made the animations a little better...hopefully you didn't read too far ahead...
Badsim: I learned gif animation specifically for this scene. It was a good thing, because I've included some pretty neat gifs since then. Glad to have you in my CJ MD
dedgren: Don't worry, thing pick up pretty soon. This is a very short update, but starting with the next one I have plenty going on. Ahh-nuld is watching all this happen from a chopper...hehe. "Nice shooo-teeng Mah-reens"
Heinz: hehe, yes I try to end each chapter with a cliffhanger. This was one of the better ones, don't you think?
thundercrack83: Yes, one of my favorite sequences in all movies. They actually blew up a piece of seven-mile-bridge for it.
bat: Thank you! Glad to see you here.
This is a very short update, but it gives you your first glance of Crystal City. It's also the first time I use The Sims 2 in an update. I pretty much got the game just for interior shots for the story. These pictures are from when I was first learning how to use that game. Maybe I'll update them sometime...but for now, I don't like seeing myself at the bottom of the MD Classics page...so here is the update.
Chapter 8 - Welcome to Crytal City
Elizabeth Banks
-Present Day
I awoke from what seemed like the deepest sleep I've ever had. I was dazed, dizzy, and confused. What I was seeing didn't make sense to me.
You see, I felt myself die. The icy cold hand crept up my back in a way the cold of the air only imagined.
The room I was in was completely white. Top to bottom, side to side...it was almost hard to tell where the wall ended and the floor began. Maybe I was dead...it was very peaceful...
The only peace a military girl like me has ever known.
Man: Good morning
That voice! It was so soothing I almost wanted to wrap up in the blanket and fall asleep again. That is, if my curiosity wasn't able to force my head to see who or what said those words.
I looked over to see a man dressed in all white studying a hand-held computer. He looked to be about 30 years old. His eyes looked quizzically from the computer, and back to me, then back to the computer.
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Man: ...G...goood...mo...morn...ing...
Liz: Do I know you?
Man: Ah...I was afraid I was saying that incorrectly
Liz: Who are you? and where am I?
Man: Do not be afraid, young Liz, my name is Ashraf. I am an administrator of this facility. We found you and your friends wandering through the mountains...very dangerous for someone that is not a citizen of this city...
Liz: The others...are they ok?
Ashraf: Of course they are
He looked slightly confused, as if there was no other option
Liz: and also, how do you speak my language?
Ashraf: This device has been analyzing the speech of you and your friends. So far we have 78 percent of your language decoded
Liz: That's amazing
Ashraf: We find it much easier to learn the language of visitors, than for them to learn ours...I will let you get some rest...goodbye...
Liz: Wait! Can I see the others?
Ashraf: In time...but now you must rest. There are events being planned in your honor. An assistant will be by to assist you...goodbye Elizabeth
The door closed. Everything he said was in such a soothing tone. I wondered where I was...everything had gone black, and next thing I know I'm laying in a white bed with white sheets and blankets, wearing white clothes.
Except the word "white" doesn't do this color justice. It was whiter than white. Impossibly white.
I walked around the room for awhile, before laying back onto the bed. Never have I felt a bed so...perfect. I wasn't tired...but I fell asleep anyway
Woman: Good morning, Miss Banks
I woke up more refreshed than I was before. Another pleasant sounding voice. I saw a woman, also dressed in white, who looked to be in her mid thirties.
Liz: no language confusion this time?
Woman: yes, we have your language 100 percent decoded now.
Liz: I see. What is your name?
Woman: I am Grand Caretaker Kuhala. I it is my job to welcome you to our city. And then if you desire, you may become a citizen.
Liz: Will I get to see the others soon?
Kuhala: Most certainly. There is a banquet tonight in your honor. We don't get visitors often...so this is a very special occasion. Follow me please...
I followed Kuhala out the door. There was a long hallway - all white of course. I hadn't seen a different color, besides the hair and skin of my hosts. Workers dressed in white stared at me as they walked by.
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Ahead, I could see beams of sunlight shining through the window. As I approached it, all I could see was very bright light...and something...blue? Did I see blue?
Liz: Kuhala...is there somewhere nearby that I can see out a window?
Kuhala: You will see the city very soon. You must have patience
I had patience...but this was absurd. We finally reached a room with people working on fabric.
Kuhala: Please stand on the circle, Elizabeth. We are creating your formal attire for tonight's banquet.
I stood on the circle. Immediately they went to work, measuring...cutting...verbs we don't have words for in our language...the gown seemed to be alive somehow. It was appearing from nothing, then a piece would dissapear, only to reappear on a different part, or not at all.
The end result was possibly the most stunning dress I've ever seen.
Kuhala: Please follow me again...
I was speechless. I simply followed her. We walked out the door and into an elevator.
Kuhala: Do you like your dress?
Liz: I love it! I don't even know how it was made!
Kuhala: Your questions how and why may not make sense in this city, Elizabeth.
The elevator stopped. As the doors opened there was a blinding white light. As my eyes adjusted, I began to make out a million points of light. As the white cleared further I could see that each point was a reflection from the window on a building. And as it cleared further...
Kuhala: This is what you wanted to see, Elizabeth. This is our city. On behalf of all citizens, it is my pleasure to welcome you...
to Crystal City
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Ooooooooooh, slick the way you made the picture appear, I'll try not to read ahead anymore but you've gotta be more consistent with your updates (I need my Crystal City fix!) &apls &apls &apls
you're right, FG. Since the last update was so short, I'm including the next one with it. How about that?
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Greg Maddox
-6 days before the end of the world
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Violet: baby, will you get one of your guys to give me a ride to town?
Greg: take the ferry
Violet: I don't like taking the ferry, it's-
Greg: TAKE the ferry, Violet
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She walked out of the bedroom.
Why the hell was she bugging me this early in the morning? Women are supposed to be more perceptive to body language...what was it about me laying in bed trying to sleep told her "let me go find a boat for you?"
Besides, it was a big day for me. I was about to find out if the biggest investment of my life had paid off. I was either going to be very rich, or I was going to jail for a very long time.
The phone rang at 11am. I told my assistant to go away. He told it was a call I wanted to take.
Nick: Good morning
Greg: holy **** is it good to hear your voice. I take it things went well
Nick: Amazingly well. For a job this big, it didn't stray too far from the plan.
Greg: So where is it now?
Nick: on it's way to the Ibella refinery in Alamosa. Oil tanker smuggling was the best way to get it through security checkpoints.
Greg: Good work. I'll cover that expense. As long as it gets to me safely.
Nick: It will, don't worry. I'll talk to you later, I need to call Andreas
I hung up. This was excellent news. Most excellent. Even being experienced with this kind of thing, I had to sit on the edge of my bed for a few minutes.
Greg: Juan!
Juan entered my room
Juan: yes, sir?
Greg: I'm going to need the plane ready in a half hour.
Juan: I'll make the call, sir. What is the destination?
Greg: Alamosa. I'll need to stop in Vegas first
Juan: Very good, sir, it will be ready
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I was packed and dressed in ten minutes. I could take a boat right to the airport; just one of the beautiful things about living in Key West.
I landed in Vegas that afternoon. I went directly to the Neyorka Bay Casino to talk to Sonny. Sonny Santoro is not someone you want to owe money to. Not only was this going to get me out of debt with him, he might have to owe me a favor as well.
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Sonny: Good afternoon, Mr. Maddox. I take it you have good news for me.
Greg: Absolutely. I talked to Nick...he said everything is done. The painting is being shipped to your cousin's refinery in Alamosa.
Sonny: Andreas will go there to intercept the painting and accuse us of losing it. I will let Franky know not to let Andreas and his men anywhere near the refinery. Now go...go talk to Nicholas personally, and then go see Franky at the refinery.
Greg: What do we do when Andreas attacks?
Sonny: Wipe them out...all of them
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I got back on the plane to fly to Alamosa.
Pilot: Mr. Maddox, I'm getting no response from Air Traffic Control.
Greg: What do you mean?
Pilot: All I have is static....wait....they're back...that was strange, this is a top of the line plane...sorry to bother you, sir
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Once I landed I realized I had a voice message from Nick.
Nick: Greg, this is Nick. I met with Andreas. I'm staying at the Atlantic Hotel on Wilkinson Blvd. under the name Thomas Kessler. I'll meet you at Ferguson's on 18th Ave.
Looked like I was going to Ferguson's
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And it looked like this day was getting very interesting...
Hi Mike :)
awsome as always!!
CC is a true Classic!! &apls
can't wait for the next one Bud!
Another MD first!
Crystal City: First nightie to appear on SC4D (4-3-07)
...some folks will do anything to get readers...
Hey, f_f, at least you didn't blow anything up this time.
Another fine update- great work on the story!
David
Yippee! Thanks Football! &apls &apls &apls
hello! im back. my man... cliffhanger: crystal city, huh? lol. i love the first sighting of cc! keep em coming!
I'll say this: you've got me hooked. I've never seen your CJ over at ST, so this is definitely most interesting. Wonderful story. I wanna know what happens to Earth when it goes boom, damnit! :P
&apls Nice story you have done . I really enjoy the scene from the True Lies movie . Very well done. :thumbsup:Looking foorward.
Another boring Friday night at work. Time for...
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Fledder200: good to see you're still around. You must be spending all your time at sc4d now, eh?
dedgren: sweet! A new sc4d record! Now that I think about it, David, you're right...I didn't blow anything up in that last update. You'll see in this one that I still find ways for people to "leave the story". It's done in a tasteful way though, don't worry.
Fred_Ginger: It's all for you, Vicki
Heinz: You'll see plenty more. I'm actually still building it too. There's about 7 circles, and I have 4 of them filled. It's tough to make it look beautiful and different.
Shadow Assassin: Hmm...you may have to wait a bit. The anticipation is building to the destruction of Earth in flashbacks and something equally exciting in the present. muahahahaha
kimcar: Thank you, I hope to see you around some more. The story is just starting to pick up
everyone: The story takes a different turn in this update. It might be somewhat shocking. As far as I know I'm the first one to have something like this in a CJ or MD. I hope you're ready for some crazy sh....stuff.
Chapter 10 - Welcome Party
Greg Maddox
-Present Day
I stood in awe of the city in front of me.
It was shining and glimmering from every possible point. I thought the interior was impossibly white...this...this was just impossible...
Kuhala: You will get to know the city very well, Mr. Maddox. Hopefully you will come to love it as I have. I couldn't dream of any place other than this.
Greg: This place...it's like a dream itself
Kuhala: Please follow me, Mr. Maddox. Dinner is ready
I followed her through a series of hallways that were now completely empty of people. The sun was setting, and there was a glow that bathed the pure white hall in orange.
Kuhala: I must leave you to tend to the banquet. Through this door is the grand banquet hall. Enjoy your meal, Mr Maddox.
I took a deep breath and walked through the door.
I thought the city was impossible...the hall is nearly impossible to describe...it was simply the most amazing room I've ever been in. It was huge! The ceiling was hundreds of feet high, and looked to have clear flying buttresses everywhere. The entire thing seemed to be made of crystal so clear it resembled ice. And yet is had an impossible amount of detail decorating part of walls and buttresses...I was simply in awe.
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My stares at the meeting hall were suddenly directed to the large crowd of people that started clapping as I walked through the door. Everyone was wearing the same white outfit that Kuhala, Ashraf, and now I was wearing. Someone was directing me to a stage in front of them.
Emcee: Please welcome the last of our visitors, Mr. Greg Maddox
The crowd was clapping and cheering. The rest of my group was on the stage already. Allison looked back at me as I walked to the stage. The others were smiling or staring at the crowd.
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Emcee: Now that everyone is here, let the festivities begin!
There was hoops and hollers from the crowd, and they filed into rows. From the floor, tables were raised with steaming plates of food on them. They sat down on chairs that were not there a second ago.
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A table rose from the floor in front of us with plates of food. A waiter motioned for us to sit down, and there were chairs under us without warning.
Greg: What is going on?
Allison looked at me in bewilderment
David: I guess we're supposed to eat...
We looked at the plates in front of us. This was a strange world...what was the food here like?
It didn't matter. He had eaten freeze-dried food for so long, it could be monkey brains and we wouldn't care.
Delsa: Oh, my god...this food...
She had a look of amazement. She began devouring everything on her plate. I picked up a piece of food and slowly put it in my mouth. Saying that it was the most delicious thing I've ever tasted does not do this food justice. It was as if the impossible beauty of the city and banquet hall had been transferred to this bite of food.
The others had the same puzzled look on their faces. How could it be? What was this place? We ate until there was no way we could eat another bite.
After the meal we were escorted to our rooms. It wasn't the same room we'd been in before, but rather the place we'd actually live.
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Alex: What do you make of all this?
Theresa: there aren't words to describe it.
Nick: I don't know how any of this is happening.
Alex: My thoughts exactly...I'm thinking that if they want us to live here, then we should probably find out the rules of this place. What are their laws, what do they do for a living...how do we get more of that food!
We chuckled in agreement.
Our guide heard us talking and approached us.
Guide: Any time you have questions about the city, you may simply call for a caretaker. They are happy to answer any and all questions you may have.
Allison: can you answer any questions?
Guide: Of course I can
Alex: It's night now, is there some sort of curfew?
Guide: Curfew...curfew...I believe that is one of the words we don't understand from your language. We have it decoded, but many of your words have no meaning to us. What is curfew?
Alex: it's where people can't leave their rooms at certain times to prevent crime and things like that
Guide: Hmm...unfortunately...crime was another of the words we do not understand. You may need to talk to the Caretakers. Good night
David: well, if they have no crime, that would answer the curfew question
Allison: but in a city this big, how is there no crime?
Liz: Kuhala told me questions like how and why may not make sense in this city...it doesn't make sense, but I don't think there is a way we can understand it. We just need to accept it
The others left for their rooms, except me and Nick. We walked to a balcony overlooking the city.
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Nick: It's been awhile since we've been able to talk one on one, hasn't it?
Greg: Yes it has. What are you going to do about her?
Nick: I don't know. Sometimes it seems like she doesn't care about what happened, and other times I see her glare at me whenever I talk.
Greg: I've noticed that too. We'll have to see what happens. For your sake, you're lucky they haven't invented crime here yet.
Nick chuckled and headed for his room, two doors down from me. I returned to my room, and saw that all my clothes and everything I had with me were waiting for me in my room. I picked up my gold watch and put it on. I didn't know how time would be configured here, so I left it alone.
Greg: hmm...almost 1pm.
It was nighttime on this planet. I lay on the bed thinking about my home. Key West had been obliterated the day after I left for Alamosa. It was now 1pm in the desolate wastes of my island home. Somewhere back on Earth were the remains of my house on the beach...what had happened to my assistant Jose? What happened to my girlfriend Violet? I was in Alamosa...what were my friends doing when they had met their violent death? My daydream abruptly ended with a very loud, very familiar sound...
A gunshot two doors down jolted me to my feet.
BLAM!
Without thinking, my legs carried me out the door and into Nick's room. I was joined in the doorway by the others.
We stared in disbelief at Allison, who was holding a smoking silver handgun
She was standing over Nick, who was on the floor
With a pool of blood around his head
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now that's one heckuva twist if i ever saw one! cliffhangggger indeed! lol. more! more! more! encore! encore! lol. you mentioned you were making circles? circles of development? hmmm? and... is that awesome building with a helipad, the one in the middle... is it up for download anywhere? awesome
Heinz: I believe it was available by KS. Unfortunately, last time I tried going to his site, it said not found.
Everyone: Sorry this one took so long, but I was waiting for another reply so I could get off page 3 (thanks heinz). Sorry about how bloody this chapter is. Someone convinced me to add more after I had originally finished it. Enjoy!
Chapter 11 - The Heist
Allison Jenson
-7 days before the end of the world
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My name is Allison, and I'm often misunderstood. Actually more often than not. I might seem pretty harmless at first glance. I'm young, attractive, and definitely don't appear very strong. Let me introduce you to my little friend...the great equalizer...my lovely silver gun. I grew up outside a small town in Texas. When my dad wasn't drunk, he was teaching me how to shoot. I can kill someone from across the room and make it look like a suicide...as he found out when I was 18.
The mafia learned of my talent, and I've been working with them ever since, mostly with Sonny Santoro in Las Vegas. I was in Paris for my biggest job yet.
Nick Lamont was the group leader. I've worked with him before, and it was fantastic. I've never met anyone like him. He was so perfectly professional. It's lame for someone like me to admit, but I was very attracted to him. We even went on dates during a job in Rome. It had to end, but it was great while it lasted. That's why I jumped on the chance to work with him again in Paris.
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The plan was to steal the Prince Henry painting while it was being displayed at the Quatre Saisons mall. Normally it would be displayed at the Louvre, and impossible to steal. Professionals like us could easily break the mall's security. Then there would be a surprise party afterwards for the other four members.
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I was the leader of team two, which consisted of me and a guy named Craig. Our job was to break into the mall on the roof and physically take the painting. Craig was well-known for his ability to pick locks and bypass security systems, which made him ideal for this job. I lowered him into the mall on the tether and he dropped into the huge plaza. He climbed along the supports at the top of the mall the attach a grappling hook on the ceiling above the painting. I could only lower him straight down, so this allowed him to move in front of the painting. I lowered Craig so he was directly in front of the painting. I couldn't see how he did it, but he pulled it out from behind the Plexiglas, and motioned for me to raise him.
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Craig detached the grappling hook and flew across the open plaza. Terry from team one was on the outside wall of the mall. As Craig swung to the wall, a window opened and Craig handed it of to Terry.
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Terry attached a clip to it, and lowered it to Nick, who was waiting in a car on the street.
I helped Craig to the roof and attached my tether.
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He nodded. We ran for the ledge of the roof and jumped. We rappelled to the street, right into the car, where Nick and Terry were waiting.
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Teams three and four had caused traffic accidents in two key places to ensure there would be no traffic in front of the mall.
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We went to the metro station six blocks from the mall. We all had huge smiles on our faces. We just pulled off a hell of a heist.
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He looked at me with a grin. I gave him a knowing smile. The others came down the steps.
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We could hear a Metro train squeal its brakes around a corner. Nick looked at me and nodded.
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The train screamed through the station. The train was very loud...loud enough so that gunshots wouldn't be heard. Nick and I pulled out our guns.
BLAM! BLAMBLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! BLAM!
The train passed. Our four teammates lie dead on the ground.
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We stood in silence for a minute. I walked with Nick to the edge of the platform where the painting was resting.
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The blow caught me off guard. He had slugged me in the chest. I felt him grab my gun and throw it across the platform. He squeezed me tight with his arms and carried me to the edge of the platform. The brakes of another train squealed signaling its approach from around the corner.
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The train...and my death...was getting close.
Voice: Drop her...
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Voice: Drop her now...
It was Craig. He had my gun to Nick's head.
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Craig struck Nick in the head with the gun. I was suddenly on the tracks. Nick was a strong guy...it didn't seem like the blow affected him at all. Craig and Nick wrestled for my gun. To my right, the train was 100 feet away! I ran to a door on the other side of the platform. I looked back in time to see Nick push Craig onto the tracks. He looked up and pointed his gun at me. At that moment the train raced by.
Craig was on the tracks....
I stood in shock for a few seconds...Craig saved my life, and now...
I suddenly realized the gun pointed at me from the other side of the train. I only had a few seconds. I opened the door and slammed it shut, locking it behind me. I ran up the steps and burst onto a street full of traffic with police racing by to the mall.
I ran to the nearest hotel and got a room for the day. The sun was just rising.
I crashed onto the bed in tears. Death doesn't affect me like this...why was I shaken up now?
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Maybe it was because I watched the man die that had just saved my life...
Or maybe it was because he had to save me in the first place...
I didn't know what my thoughts were, but they began to turn to anger...extreme anger.
Nick Lamont was going to get payback
&apls &apls &apls &apls
More! (Please!)
oh my... very nice updates! Tremendous MD ... love the integration of The Sims into it.
Looking forward to more!
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Fred_Ginger: good to see you still around. I thought you abandoned me...
guurgkud: Thanks. I bought the Sims 2 for the sole reason of interior shots the the story. Every chapter from now on has TS2 in it.
Everyone: What's up with the sites? It seems like the forums are dead here and at ST. Is RLS infecting everyone at once?
Chapter 12 - Imprisonment
Allison Jenson
-Present Day
There is a certain rush people like me feel when they kill. Sounds morbid...but it's true. It's not like I condone random killing...just people that deserve it.
And of all the people that I've ever met, Nick Lamont deserved it most.
And that's why the biggest rush of all came when I pulled that trigger. My adrenaline was coursing through my body so hard, it was like I was outside my body watching myself do it. I watched myself go into his room, put the gun to his head, and pull the trigger. I saw myself standing over his body, with my gun smoking, and people rushing into the room to see what happened. Some people, like Greg, knew exactly what happened. Others, like the Crystal City residents, were wide eyed with wonder.
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The crowd that had gathered began to talk quietly about what they saw. Alex and Liz were in shock. One person was clear-headed enough to say something
Greg: What did you do?
I didn't say a word. I looked at him for a moment
Greg: What did you DO?
I dropped the gun on the floor. The residents got a worried look on their faces and scattered from the doorway.
I've been witnessing the impossible ever since I've entered this city, and I'm never prepared for whatever impossible situation happens next: I couldn't move. Not even my eyes. Even the smoke in the room sat still.
The next thing I knew, I was in a room I'd never seen before. It was round and flat, about 20 feet high, with windows on all sides. I was standing in the middle, and the walls looked to be about 100 feet away. There was something else peculiar about this room...it was completely empty
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Voice: Allison Jenson
There was no one around.
Voice: You have caused a great disturbance in the City, Ms. Jenson.
I finally saw him. He appeared just a few feet in front of me. From where? Don't ask me...
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I felt like Mike Tyson slugged me in the face
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: We told you when you arrived, your questions such as how and why will not make sense here. Since you and your friends are to stay here, I will tell you what you need to know.
I was suddenly in a beautiful garden. Waterfalls splashed down a rock face nearby, and the crystal clear water lapped against the rocks at my feet.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: How do you like our recreation garden?
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: Beautiful is what we represent, Ms. Jenson. The buildings, the landscape, the food...everything about this city and its inhabitants is beautiful. We represent life, beauty, light, equality, and love. Not only do we not know of the opposites...they simply do not exist here. You will not find greed, ugliness, darkness, and hate here. You will also not find death...
The words hung in the air. My gaze went from him, to the waterfall, to the landscape...and suddenly back to him.
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he looked pleased I was beginning to understand
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my knees felt like they were about to give out.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: My hope is that since the residents that witnessed your act of violence did not understand it, the thoughts will be contained and destroyed. I absolutely do not want this planet becoming like Earth.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg404.imageshack.us%2Fimg404%2F5158%2Fallisonlu3.jpg&hash=4a678fdbf202ff9ebe9634a2e8a554162ac1ff85)Allison: Earth was fine.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: Earth was NOT "fine". You're a prime example of why it was not a good place. You steal, murder, and lie. I see everything, Ms. Jenson. Things might have turned out better if you believed in us, but you didn't.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg404.imageshack.us%2Fimg404%2F5158%2Fallisonlu3.jpg&hash=4a678fdbf202ff9ebe9634a2e8a554162ac1ff85)Allison: What do you mean believed in you? Believed in what?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: No one on Earth widely acknowledged life outside Earth until it was too late. If one brought it up, they were outcast. You think the ones that showed up to destroy you were the first on Earth? They...we...had been on your planet for a long time.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg404.imageshack.us%2Fimg404%2F5158%2Fallisonlu3.jpg&hash=4a678fdbf202ff9ebe9634a2e8a554162ac1ff85)Allison: what do you mean they?
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This was getting creepy. He had this blank look on his face. It was the first sign of sadness I've seen since arriving here
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Al-Za'noun looked in the sky.
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Just then a massive ship soared overhead, flanked by two of the yellow ships we saw earlier.
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Did I hear that right? He was pretty much putting me in jail? If that was right, then this was the most beautiful jail I've ever seen. Trees, waterfalls, paths, flowers...I think I could spend some time here. And if we never die...that meant I'd have to face the man I killed...
very nice update.. story gets better and better, and the pics are maginificent.
i love when different games are incorporated, and you are doing a great job with TS2. Another good one is Age of Empires 3... hehe, but i dont think that would fit into your story very well.
Looking forward to more! :P :thumbsup:
One reply? Not much activity lately.
guurgkud: It's crazy posting my old updates here, because the updates I've done recently blow them out of the water. I'm tempted sometimes to rewrite the whole thing to my new standards, but it would be way way way too much work. Plus it's fun to see how new to this thing so many months ago. I was writing the story as I was figuring out the STEX and new building methods. Anyway...stop my rambling...here is the update.
By the way, this should say Chapter 13
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Alex Davidson
-6 days before the end of the world
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F5726%2Faprilym4.jpg&hash=14a0be137988bc39991f3524382ce209248e2072)April: Oh...my god...it's Amber Atkins and Alex Davidson
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It happens dozens of times a day. Some crazy fans of either me or my wife come running up and sheepishly ask for our autograph.
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This is the reason we moved from Alamosa to San Verona in the first place. Anywhere I went, there was going to be fans, but in Alamosa it was ridiculous. Even with other celebrities all over the place. I hoped it would die down, but it didn't. Ever since Amber and I were married and became the Hollywood "it" couple, no one leaves us alone. Usually couples like us only last in the spotlight for a month or so...and tabloids always seem to know what I'm doing before I do...
Which is why there was a line of photographer's vans waiting for me when I got to the airport. They might as well have been a pack of lions waiting for a couple of antelopes to walk by. It sucks being an antelope.
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"Los Anga Airways flight 70 to Alamosa, first class is now boarding"
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she took a deep breath
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Amber was afraid of flying. Very afraid. It was one of the things that almost kept us from moving to San Verona...until the "incident". She has had to keep traveling to Alamosa for filming...although she has only arranged some roles since moving, and hasn't had to film anything. Also, she's a big enough star where films will come here to shoot.
I'm the one that's been staying busy. The other members of my band travel here to San Verona to help work on our next album. That's why we were going to Alamosa now. The band can come to me, and the films can come to her...but the record company doesn't move.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg206.imageshack.us%2Fimg206%2F3514%2Famberkp9.jpg&hash=79d758504de0176583a5fead47a1329fee85e51e)Amber: It doesn't matter...when the plane crashes we're both dead
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F6082%2Fnickhappyio9.jpg&hash=b5b6b5a367ec3b59872fe919598faff9720ffa9f)Alex: That's...a really good positive outlook to have...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg206.imageshack.us%2Fimg206%2F3514%2Famberkp9.jpg&hash=79d758504de0176583a5fead47a1329fee85e51e)Amber: This was a bad idea...I'm like sweating
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F6082%2Fnickhappyio9.jpg&hash=b5b6b5a367ec3b59872fe919598faff9720ffa9f)Alex: No no...come on. I'm here for you. Just hold onto my hand, and I'll talk you through it, ok?
She smiled
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F6082%2Fnickhappyio9.jpg&hash=b5b6b5a367ec3b59872fe919598faff9720ffa9f)Alex: I bet it's like driving a car to them
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We landed in Alamosa at 3pm, and were greeted by a limo from the record company.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg206.imageshack.us%2Fimg206%2F3635%2Fthomasyu9.jpg&hash=3f5b07ac98062d802a7587f310ee213e3469c038)Thomas: Hello, Mr. Davidson, my name is Thomas and I'll be your driver for your stay in Alamosa. Mr. Peterson has a room for you at the Palm Hotel and your meeting is at 5:00
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F6082%2Fnickhappyio9.jpg&hash=b5b6b5a367ec3b59872fe919598faff9720ffa9f)Alex: Palm Hotel? We always stay at the Atlantic.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg206.imageshack.us%2Fimg206%2F3635%2Fthomasyu9.jpg&hash=3f5b07ac98062d802a7587f310ee213e3469c038)Thomas: Sorry, we tried. Apparently there's some big event there this weekend. You can't get a room there unless you're royalty or Mafia.
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After we unpacked, we headed over to Palm Records
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He shot me a mean look for a split second, but I caught it
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What was this?? People loved me! I had as many fans as Amber...and she has an Oscar! I was FURIOUS!
I stood up.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3315%2Fnickmadit7.jpg&hash=4c339bc8bed4d27066510f5bf56b0b77317e2fb6)Alex: You called me all the way down here, put us in a hotel, put us through ALL this trouble...just to tell me you're dropping me from your label?
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I walked out of his office. I was so mad I could barely talk. Amber sat timidly beside me.
The limo pulled up beside the Palm Hotel
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg256.imageshack.us%2Fimg256%2F161%2Ffrankienn1.jpg&hash=a197c451e5df8ae605d446a15e5688c8890c814b)Frankie: Who is this?
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg256.imageshack.us%2Fimg256%2F161%2Ffrankienn1.jpg&hash=a197c451e5df8ae605d446a15e5688c8890c814b)Frankie: Alex? Heeyyyy Alex! How you doin, my man? Big time movie star now! How you been, eh?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F6082%2Fnickhappyio9.jpg&hash=b5b6b5a367ec3b59872fe919598faff9720ffa9f)Alex: Good, Frankie, I've been good. Hey, can I ask you for a favor?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg256.imageshack.us%2Fimg256%2F161%2Ffrankienn1.jpg&hash=a197c451e5df8ae605d446a15e5688c8890c814b)Frankie: Anything, my man, we're like family! You still talking to Sophia?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F6082%2Fnickhappyio9.jpg&hash=b5b6b5a367ec3b59872fe919598faff9720ffa9f)Alex: Oh, you know...not as much as in college, but we're still good friends. Hey, do you think you could get me a room at the Atlantic Hotel tonight?
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg256.imageshack.us%2Fimg256%2F161%2Ffrankienn1.jpg&hash=a197c451e5df8ae605d446a15e5688c8890c814b)Frankie: Frankie's a busy man, Alex...but maybe you can come check out my new business...
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I smiled as I hung up the phone
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We arrived at the Atlantic Hotel. I was nearly run over by an employee leaving, that was shouting Spanish into a phone.
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When I got to my room I called Jarod. I had felt bad telling him before that I wouldn't follow him to Archipelago Records. I thought my loyalty was to Palm, but it turns out it was for Jarod. I couldn't wait for my new album to go platinum so I could rub it in Palm's face.
The future had nothing but good things
What an interesting spin on an MD, football_fever. You have my rapt attention. ;)
I especially liked the waterfalls'n'wilderness area. Very cool.
wow...June and April...lol
love it!!! as always!! &apls
Goody, we're catching up, slowly but surely!
Your doing a good job with this, FF - it is obvious that you have put alot of work into it. I'm not really into story based MD's, but I like looking at your pictures! lol
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Flipside: Thank you. I try to keep the story as unique as possible. I don't want anyone getting bored...
Fledder200: How strange that you come out of lurking right as the June and April chapter is posted
Fred_Ginger: Yes, slowly...sorry about that. I like to have some replies in between chapters, if anything to keep there from being 800 pictures on one page. Thanks for the loyalty
seemurray2: That's perfectly fine. Plenty of people love the story, but I'm making sure the pics are pretty nice too. They get better too...don't worry.
The story keeps picking up here. Time to add another layer to the cake...
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Alex Davidson
-79 days after the end of the world
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There have been so many uncertainties on this voyage. What would we do now that everything was destroyed? What would we do once we'd escaped? Would we all die on this barren snowy planet?
But now that we were here, there was one thing was for certain...this place is impossible. We were beginning to expect seemingly miraculous and impossible. Just when we think we're amazed beyond belief, something else happens that shakes us to our core.
We were in my room, talking about what had happened the day before.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2Fdavid.jpg&hash=74ba807b5e456233a03e04addf696c1299425cbf)David: I just can't believe she brought a gun with her.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: She seemed so nice. I don't think any of us saw this coming
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We all turned to look at him. He was sitting on my bed looking sullenly at the floor.
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Liz and I looked at each other
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FGreg.jpg&hash=c965c405be56b7dba9501d207bc777b7eb02d2d6)Greg: Nick is the one that stole the Prince Henry painting in Paris a week before everything happened.
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We all sat in silence while what we heard sank into our heads. These were two people that we had shared close-quarters with for who knows how long...
We were all supposed to be in this together
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Greg looked pained...like he was deciding what to tell us next.
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He paused. His eyes looked around the room
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Theresa: The three of you knew each other before all this happened? We all thought we were strangers!
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He stopped talking. I had been looking around the room while he talked, but I looked up at him. His eyes were focused on the door...it looked like he saw a ghost
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2Fdavid.jpg&hash=74ba807b5e456233a03e04addf696c1299425cbf)David: Another what?
David looked up to see him, and followed his gaze.
There in the doorway...Nick Lamont was standing...perfectly alive.
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Alex Davidson
-80 days after the end of the world
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Liz and I were walking through the courtyard of our sector of the city. It's so strange. Even though there is snow everywhere, it isn't cold in the city.
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she laughed
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Yeah, you and Allison have been pretty close
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: I can't believe I was that attracted to a killer
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she touched my arm
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There was a murmur in the crowd around us, and people began to scatter
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Al-Za'noun told us about what happened to Allison, and more importantly, what happened to Nick. We weren't to talk about it to anyone in the city. He told us how we wouldn't die or feel pain while in the city. Slowly, all our violence and greed that we had learned on Earth would disappear.
Then he seemed to vanish into midair
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I had just realized that she had been quiet for awhile. It looked like she had a tear forming in her eye.
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She smiled briefly
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I really didn't know what to say at that point, so I stayed quiet so she'd continue
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I suddenly felt lightheaded...like when you stand up too fast and get a head rush.
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Liz looked at me and saw my expression. She could almost see what I was thinking.
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I started to run to the rooms
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Alex Davidson
-81 days after the end of the world
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: These two crystals will keep you warm if they're kept together. In this package there are four more for when you get to the site.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: It most certainly is...
Sequiera gave us the equipment we needed and we set off on our journey. In addition to the crystals that kept us warm and fed, we had deployable sleds to carry them back to the city. The hunger crystal also kept us from needing any rest or sleep.
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I was looking at some rocks on the top of the hill then I heard Liz slip behind me.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: What's wrong?
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I turned to look at her. Her white outfit was stained with blood on her leg.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: You should probably go back to the city to get that healed.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: You're not coming back with me?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: I'm going to keep going. I can take your sled. I'm not going to get tired right?
She looked at me with hesitant eyes, but reluctantly gave me her sled.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Well, at least now I know I can still be injured...it just won't hurt
Liz said good luck and started walking toward the city.
I watched her trek through the snow a ways before continuing up the hill.
Alex Davidson
-82 days after the end of the world
The journey back to the ship was going much better than the trip away from it. I hadn't had to stop to eat or rest at all. I just continued to walk and walk. I walked through valleys that looked familiar and mountains I had definitely seen before. I even found some of our footprints in the snow.
I started to get a little upset when I didn't recognize the terrain anymore. I hadn't found any of our footprints in a long time. I kept walking...but I got to a chasm I know we didn't cross.
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The moonlight shimmered off the snow as I walked along the edge of the chasm. I wish I had my guitar. It was a nice stress reliever to just play whatever came into my head. Here I was walking through the snow...who knows how long I'd wander around? With these crystals I could wander for 100 years.
The sun started to rise, and it turned the snow into a sea of orange. A nice welcome to another day of walking in silence.
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But it wasn't silent very long. What was that sound? I'd heard it before...a humming. I scanned the sky and saw nothing but glare from the sun. It got louder...and louder...it sounded like a very loud hair dryer.
Then from around the mountain in front of me, a familiar yellow vessel appeared. It slowed down and began to land in front of me. I ran over to it, just as the canopy opened to reveal the pilot smiling back at me...Liz
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yeah strage isn't it?? well i have my June and April-radar on Max. so when ever someone is typing a combo "June/April" some alarm bells go off!!
LoL Nice update btw, i like the way you use the sims :)
great updates, nice story! wonderful pictures! :thumbsup:
It has been, and continues to be a very interesting story. There are some issues with some of the pics showing in the last update, but nothing horrible (it may just be that imageshack is having issues). It'll be interesting to see where you take this next.
^%$#& imageshack...I'll change them to photobucket later. Not now because I'm really tired from both jobs today, but maybe tomorrow
Sorry about that everyone... ()sad()
FF, keep 'em coming, we're getting to the place I stopped reading this MD over at ST! &apls
I want to start a new page so this one isn't so overloaded with pictures. Sorry for triple posting
Again
Almost there
Ok, sorry about the quaruple post, but I wanted this on a new page
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Fledder200: Haha...J&A radar. I need one of those
bat: Thank you. The pictures get better as the updates go along, I think. I'm much better now than I was way back in...January...haha
threestooges: yessir, ImageShack was being stupid. It was like that when I posted the update, and the problem never went away, so I transferred them to Photobucket. Definitely check out the pics you missed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention
Fred_Ginger: yeah, sorry, I was hoping to get to page 5 with replies. But it was not to happen. Thanks for your readership. Hope you like this one.
Everyone: This is one of my favorite updates. To me, this is where I started getting much much better. I started playing with good animations, and many of my more complex ideas had finally been reached in the storyline. I hope you like
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Elizabeth Banks
-5 Days Before the End of the World
What had I done? What had I done?
I had followed orders, hadn't I? Oh my god...
I was white as a sheet, flying into empty space. I was in a daze. I couldn't see or hear anything...I was just...flying
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.***....*is....***...iz!....ome in L...***
The static of my brain turned into static on the radio
****LIZ! Come in!..****
Keith!
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We turned our jets around and flew back to the Naval Air Station. Neither of us was able to speak as we saw the devastation over Key West.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: No...we can't go there. There will be a lot of fallout from the blast.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Those are our orders! If NAS is compromised, we land at Pensacola!
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: I have orders that come from above NAS
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: You mean like the ones that told you to take out the van? No offense, Liz, but wherever those orders are coming from, I don't think they have the best judgment.
Something about what he said struck a nerve. Part of me knew he was right, but another part knew he didn't know what I know.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Fine...if you want to go to Pensacola, go. Enjoy the chaos and the punishment. I'm going to Alamosa.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Alamosa? Edwards Air Base?
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Edwards is the only base there
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: It's the only base on the map...if you want to know what's really happening, you'll follow me to Alamosa
I turned my plane to the west. After a short hesitation, Keith did too.
Elizabeth Banks
-4 days before the end of the world
We flew all night. Mostly in silence. We flew low to avoid radar. Last thing I wanted was to be picked up by jets from another base...which was likely since everyone was now obviously on high alert.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Just passed over the Calivada border.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: I see it.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: I wonder what happened to everyone else? The other pilots...the people inside NAS...Lieutenant Hardy...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: You really want to know?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Not really...I already know
We flew in silence until we got to Alamosa.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: So what part of AL is this "secret base" of yours?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: South central
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: South central AL, huh? What, is it a base for rappers? Are you part of the rapper Mafia, Liz?
he chuckled to himself as I directed our planes toward southern AL
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: You're serious, aren't you? They say some neighborhoods down there are more dangerous than a war-zone
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Great place to hide an air base, isn't it? No one is brave enough to go through Blood River Ballers territory. Think about it. If you have them protecting you? You'd have the world's greatest security force. Prepare for vertical landing.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Holy ****...we're really landing in BRB territory?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Don't worry. We're landing by that freeway.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Yes, that's the much rapped about 202, isn't it?
Radio: unidentified aircraft...please transmit clearance code or you will be shot down.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Tango Charlie 6-8-Niner Zulu
Radio: Is that you T47?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: It's me.
Radio: Who is that with you?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: He knows too much...he needs to be taken in
Radio: Rodger...two to land...you're clear in landing bays 5 and 6
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: ..so I can call my parents. This doesn't look good. What are you doing over there? You've been quiet for like two minutes.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Keith...I need you to not be freaked out by what you're about to see, ok?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: What do you mean? What's going to happen?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: We're landing on those houses.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: ON the houses? Liz? What's happening?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Just watch
As our planes hovered above the houses, the projection revealed to Keith what was really there.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F2232%2Ffighterpilotre0.jpg&hash=97458aa06195ec6374f8ff6e950228895a8b8222)Keith: Oh my...did I just see that?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F3323%2Fpilotof6.jpg&hash=10c860ab8737947545fc8956934029e69ef9cdf4)Liz: Yes you did. We're landing inside there. That is the base.
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The hangars opened for us and we flew in. There were automated machine guns on the ceiling pointed at us. I've landed here many times, but it's still hard to get over. If I do anything suspicious, I'm dead. I've seen it happen to other pilots. Very disturbing...but it worked how it was supposed to. The ones that were killed were imposters posing as the pilots that were supposed to land. The system had worked how it was supposed to.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: Agent T47...good to see you again.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: You too, Dr. Cox
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: Who's you're friend?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: Well...he was in the air with me over Key West.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Coz: Say no more, T47. Come with me to the briefing room
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: What about him?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: He needs to be re-educated.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: Can I talk to him first?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: You know the rules...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: Right...I'll be right back.
I walked over to Keith, who was standing by his plane looking VERY nervous.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg393.imageshack.us%2Fimg393%2F553%2Fkeithkt2.jpg&hash=ccdbdcd3e7f2c27150dab188839c337a87a5811b)Keith: Liz, what is this place?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: Don't use my name...here I'm T47. You'll get an ID number too.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg393.imageshack.us%2Fimg393%2F553%2Fkeithkt2.jpg&hash=ccdbdcd3e7f2c27150dab188839c337a87a5811b)Keith: Liz..........
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: I need to go. I'll see you when your education program is complete
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg393.imageshack.us%2Fimg393%2F553%2Fkeithkt2.jpg&hash=ccdbdcd3e7f2c27150dab188839c337a87a5811b)Keith: Education program?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: Things aren't what they seem, Keith. You're going to be tested...you just need to trust me. Everything you're about to do, I did too....I'll see you soon
That wasn't true. I was recruited by the agency...when you're recruited, they have the background checks already finished. Those in Keith's situation...they're tested....harder...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: What's the situation in Key West?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: Complete loss. Since you've been in the air, you probably don't know about the others....
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: What others?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: Key West wasn't the only city to be destroyed. In the last 12 hours...Florence, Melbourne, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, and Dublin have also been wiped out.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: WHAT? What happened?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: We're investigating. We know now that the Key West bomb was headed for Miami.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: So I didn't set off the bomb?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg255.imageshack.us%2Fimg255%2F6528%2Fdrcoxms1.jpg&hash=1f6f4b48d7cb7db6beab9278e592b74e160f787b)Dr. Cox: To be clear, yes , you did set it off...but you saved millions by setting it off there instead of letting it get to Miami
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: So Lt. Hardy was right....
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F5008%2Fhardyik2.jpg&hash=951a26be37f57ef995c07e30d86295540489d141)Hardy: Yes I was.
Lieutenant Hardy was alive. And he was waiting for me in the briefing room.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: I can't believe you're alive, sir.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F5008%2Fhardyik2.jpg&hash=951a26be37f57ef995c07e30d86295540489d141)Hardy: I knew what I'd sent you to do, Liz. Right now we have bigger issues.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F3844%2Flizlz6.jpg&hash=6da5ad98122ca80ee58f4965a99a32ef58c52936)Liz: Bigger issues than several major cities being wiped out?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg260.imageshack.us%2Fimg260%2F5008%2Fhardyik2.jpg&hash=951a26be37f57ef995c07e30d86295540489d141)Hardy: Yes. We need to explain this...
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Great update! Fantastic story! Like the worldmap-(animation)! Also the others are wonderful! :thumbsup:
awsome!!!!! &apls
i love that under ground hangar!!!
but aren't the neighbours complaining about the noise ? :P
&apls &apls &apls
Still loving the hangers, the map is new? I just wish it stopped on the reshaped config a little longer!
More, more!
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bat: Thanks! That was a picture in HaLeBuRg's Mini-Earth. I forgot to mention that I used it with his permission. Just one of those ramblings that I didn't bring from ST
Fledder200: They don't complain about the jet noise nearly as much as they complain about your party noise. At least they think it's party noises...
Fred_Ginger: Nah, the map isn't new. It only shifts like that to look like static. Hope you like the next one...more animations!
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Elizabeth Banks
-Present Day
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Sequiera!
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: Yes, Liz? Oh, my...what happened?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: I kind've fell going up a hill. Do you have anything that can take care of this?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: Absolutely. I gave you a small amount of water to take with you. If you pour it over the wound, it should begin to heal.
I pulled the bottle of water out of the pack I was carrying and opened it. As I poured it on my leg, the blood washed away to reveal uninjured skin.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: I'm surprised no one told you about the water...I assumed you knew
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: What does it do?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: The water is simply a different form of the crystals that are all around here, and grants the same abilities. The water is the reason the food tastes the way it does. I'm sure Al-Za'noun will tell you all about it next time you see him.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Can I go see him now?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: Only security personnel are allowed in that area, but if you go to the gardens and speak with them, they may let you in.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: I haven't been to the gardens yet, how do I get there?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FSequiera.jpg&hash=cefaf753182dc936df542c34259b6e604fc46e44)Sequiera: You haven't been to the gardens? They're beautiful! You can take the transport all the way there...the entrance is just beyond the spaceport. Just program it into the pod, and you'll be there shortly!
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Thanks for your help
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The city has a network of rails for personal transport pods surrounding and connecting every sector of the city. I got into the nearest pod, and studied the controls
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Hmmm, ask Al-Za'noun about water, or take a spin in an aircraft...looks like I'm taking the long way to Al-Za'noun's office
I selected the spaceport
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The transport pod took me directly to the underground hangars of the spaceport. Sitting right in front of me was one of the yellow ships we saw before. This was way too easy. Taking off from an underground hangar was something I'd done in a Harrier many times before. This thing handled much better than anything on Earth. It was like riding a bike.
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The city looked incredible from the air! I'd never seen it like this before
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It didn't take me long to find Alex. He was a lone heat signature in a sea of cold. Poor guy looked like he'd been walking for a week. I landed near him
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Liz!
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Who taught you to fly that thing?
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Well let's hurry up and get it back to them, eh?
As soon as he was in, we took off.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Quiet. The only sound was my footsteps in the snow and the song in my head. I see your leg was taken care of?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Yeah! You wouldn't believe that pouring water over it completely healed it!
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Wow, even the water works miracles.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Hey...isn't that the valley Greg called the "Grand Canyon"?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: It is! That means the ship should be right over that hill
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We landed by the ruins of the Hyperion. Walking inside, it didn't look good.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: I don't remember it being this bad
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We found them in their seats. Thank goodness for the cold. I'd hate to find them as they start to decompose.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: I'll carry them back to the ship.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: I can carry one...I'm stronger than I look. Military, remember?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Right...you got it
We loaded them onto the aircraft and began our flight back to the city.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Sure looks different from the air, doesn't it? These mountains?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Everything looks different from the air. You're removed from all the problems from the world below you. It's there, but you're not a part of it. All that you have is yourself and your own problems.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: Sounds like you really love flying
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: I've been doing it a long time...
I flew around the city to the spaceport. There on the landing pad was a familiar face: Al-Za'noun. Looks like we were in trouble...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: What do you think you're doing?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: We...were going to try to find our ship..and..and our crew that....died
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: You didn't need to STEAL one of our aircraft for that. I cannot trust ANY of you from Earth. You kill each other, steal our aircraft...all in a week!
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: We're sorry, we just wanted...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: I know what you wanted. Where are they?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: In the ship...
He tuned to the guards beside him
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: Mishi guna. Lani bo tassee. Goo too
The guards went to the ship and retrieved the bodies
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FLiznormal.jpg&hash=7ee086e8e27513ce949916fb46fb7a298b1f34bf)Liz: Will they be alright?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: Of course they'll be alright. It takes a few days, but they'll be as healthy as you once the process is finished...
he sighed
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: I'm keeping you all in the gardens until I decide if it is safe to allow you in the rest of the city.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: What?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: You're too dangerous to commune with the citizens....My thought at the moment is that some of you, I may use for my security force...you already know the ways of the galaxy. You may be useful to us without causing harm to others.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FOld%2520Updates%2FAlex.jpg&hash=99301fdb765cdef8138fe61d5eff0b5e6751ab95)Alex: This is the only planet besides Earth that we've ever been on. I don't think that counts as knowing the ways of the galaxy...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: coming from Earth you know more about the rest of the galaxy than most of the citizens in this city. I happen to have a visitation in order for another planet the day after tomorrow.
You will accompany me to Apiliani
How do I put thiis in worlds everyone can understand...
uhmmm WOW!!
FF, I've been waiting and waiting, we need another update (besides, we're getting to the point where I stopped reading it over on ST, the next update I think! Hurry!
Kymour: hehe...that's the reaction I'm usually going for...thanks for visiting
Fred_Ginger: Sorry, Vicki. I was waiting for any comments at all after the last update. I'm not sure why, but there seems to be a comment drought at both sites. I'll keep trying to update. They're getting rather complicated now with the sims pictures in front of all the dialogue. Thanks for your faithful readership though.
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Nick Lamont
-5 Days Before the End of the World
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FHostess.jpg&hash=00c1d0cd84c526f340b4a066c3a710f789401351)Hostess: Hello sir, do you have a reservation?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: Yes, the name is Kessler
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FHostess.jpg&hash=00c1d0cd84c526f340b4a066c3a710f789401351)Hostess: Reservation for two at the bar? Right this way, sir
I sat at the bar and watched the Alamosa Avengers play the Washington Redskins. It's so strange for AL to have a football team again. One of the largest cities in the world, and we didn't even have a football team since the Rams and Raiders left....that being said, no one in Ferguson's was even watching the game.
Looked like some exciting news on CNN.
"Investigators are searching the Four Seasons' mall in Paris for any clues to the disappearance of the Prince Henry painting, and the apparent murder of the thieves, who were found dead in a nearby Metro station."
I smiled. There was nothing connecting me to that scene...except Allison. She's a smart girl...she'll stay away from me.
Greg should've landed by now. Ferguson's was right next to the airport.
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Finally I saw him walking past the hostess to the bar.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Did you bring me any shoes?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: Hey...I didn't know your size. How've you been?
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He tried keeping a straight face, but couldn't, and burst out laughing
The bartender was standing near us preparing a drink
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: Wow, man...that business trip was great, but I don't think I'm going back to Paris for awhile.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Why's that?
Nick: It paid well, but I don't think my body can handle rough work like that.
The bartender walked away
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Congrats on making it back alive. What's this I hear about the thieves dead in a subway station? What happened?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: It was bad...one of the guys on the crew turned out to work for the police. He tried to stop us, but killed everyone but me.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Allison?
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Damn...
He paused for a minute
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Suddenly every TV changed to the same screen
we interrupt your program to bring you this special news bulletin...
I looked at the one that was playing the football game just a second ago
Anchor: Good evening...ladies and gentlemen...shocking...tragic news from around the world is coming in.
She seemed on the verge of tears.
Anchor: There have just been six...coordinated nuclear explosions in cities around the world
Suddenly the room was silent. There were a few gasps from various tables. Every mouth was open in shock.
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Anchor: Reports are of complete devastation in Florence, Italy, Dublin, Ireland, Shanghai, China, Melbourne, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Key West, Florida. At this point no one has claimed responsibility, nor has the Pentagon released who they suspect might be behind the attacks.
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Greg looked pale as a ghost. He should've been in Key West...
Anchor: There does not appear to be any pattern or reasoning behind where the attacks took place, as they were on five different continents, and varied political systems...
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: Are you alright, man?
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He stood from his chair
Anchor: ...estimated to be nearly 27 million people dead. The American Red Cross has asked people to please stay away from Key West, as radiation from the blast....
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: I'll be right back
He rushed to the bathroom
Anchor: Residents of southern Florida, including Miami are in immediate danger and will be evacuated as soon as the National Guard can be mobilized. Similar evacuations are underway in the other nations that have been attacked.
I was glued to the TV, but I forced myself away to see Greg in the bathroom.
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He was standing at the mirror looking at his reflection.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: You ok?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: No. I've lost everything, Nick. Everything I owned was in Key West. My friends...Violet...they were the only family I had.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: I'm sorry, Greg. You're lucky to be alive. You have friends here in Alamosa. We need to regroup ourselves. The world is suddenly very different. We need to figure out our next move.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Nick...the world never changes. A couple million people dying doesn't change the fact that money makes the world go 'round. We're going along with the plan.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: No one is going to care about the painting now!
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Not now...but they will. Remember 9/11? Everyone was sad for a little while. Look where we are now. Right back to where we started. Just now we need to take off our shoes before we board a plane.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: You really think nothing has changed, don't you?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: Nothing has and nothing ever will. Money is the universal language. Everyone craves power. Those who have, have power over the have nots. Power is the way of the universe.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick.jpg&hash=48f84857523f84a394e7b8c4d51164307e2ac3e9)Nick: Ok Mr. Universe Traveler...what do we do now?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FGreg.jpg&hash=82dcdee5af43716c1963f6d19a22d9de9da3f8f1)Greg: We're getting that painting...at any cost.
Holy crap, you've got me on the edge of my seat.
I want more!
I'm sorry, I should be posting here more often. I often find it hard to find just the right words to describe this, but to begin with, outstandingly creative. Each update seems to top the previous and you have something that (sadly) some movies seem to miss: character development. I hope you won't slow down the md due to a slow down in comments. I can tell you that, though people may not comment too much, it is certainly a great read. The pictures next to the dialogue are nice, but if they slow you down, it would still be nice if you wanted to get rid of them to save yourself the time/effort. Great work as always.
Wonderful updates, football_fever! Great work! :thumbsup:
FF, I'm sorry if it seems like no one is reading this MD, Please let me know if you decide to let it lapse, I have so many questions to ask about the story!
Jeez, I think I missed this one over at ST. Sure does explain a lot. But, how did they get to the other world (?) and how did they get together (?) and how did they get the craft that took them there (?) and how........ ()what()
So many questions? Hurry, hurry hurry!
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Shadow Assassin: Most excellent...it gets more exciting, I promise. Just remember the end of the world is still 5 days away
threestooges: Outstandingly creative...those words are pretty cool together...lol thanks. I do try to make each update top the one before it, which makes it hard when there is a chapter that isn't as good. But that also makes it easier to top it in the next chapter. Also, thank you for noticeing the character development. It's something that I take pride in for this story. It's also a large part of why I change the narrator every two chapters, so everyone is able to relate more to each of them through their own thoughts, rather than trying to understand the motivations of everyone else through the eyes of the "main" character. I wouldn't do that to you...my story is confusing enough as it is...
bat: Thanks, bat, good to see you again.
Fred_Ginger: Always nice to see you, Vicki. All the questions you asked will be answered...eventually. I have it all planned out, it's just a matter of getting there. If I were paid to do this (which would be awesome) I could probably get there in a few weeks. But since there's an update every week or two...yeah...longer...haha Enjoy!
This update took a long time to produce. Lots of photoshopping, lots of animating, lots of Sims 2 work. But it's worth it. It's the first visit to another planet besides Crystal City.
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Nick Lamont
-Present Day
I was just beginning to enjoy the peace of the city. I had met many residents, learned many things from them, and was just settling into my apartment. The food was delicious, the women were beautiful, and everything else was perfect. And then, seemingly for no reason, I was approached by security personnel and escorted to the gardens. They were taking away my peace.
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Don't get me wrong, the gardens are much more beautiful than the rest of the city...but there is one thing in them that I didn't want to see. And she was walking toward me now.
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A few of the residents in the garden looked over at us. I didn't realize what I had just done until I saw the look on their faces. I hadn't been angry at all until just now. Not even at the woman that had killed me. Not until I was talking to her.
She was crying
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick-1.jpg&hash=5be60762235ee783111d4a507301fc628dedc4af)Nick: Wow...that outburst...I'm sorry
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg404.imageshack.us%2Fimg404%2F5158%2Fallisonlu3.jpg&hash=4a678fdbf202ff9ebe9634a2e8a554162ac1ff85)Allison: You don't need to apologize. I shot you in the head. I killed you...or...I guess I did my best. Killing you was all I had thought about since that night in Paris. Ever since I've been in this garden I've been completely at peace. I feel more remorse for my thoughts and actions than you can understand...I'm sorry.
I knew she wasn't lying. I was at peace before, but this garden seemed to amplify it. Anyone that spends as much time in the garden as she has wouldn't be able to think of lying.
Allison and I were instantly in a wide circular room with nothing in it.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg404.imageshack.us%2Fimg404%2F5158%2Fallisonlu3.jpg&hash=4a678fdbf202ff9ebe9634a2e8a554162ac1ff85)Allison: Al-Za'noun's office.
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: To inform you that as of now, you are all now a part of my security force. You are to accompany me on a mission to a planet called Apiliani for diplomacy and trade.
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi167.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu146%2Ffootball_fever%2FNick-1.jpg&hash=5be60762235ee783111d4a507301fc628dedc4af)Nick: Why us?
(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: Because your experience on Earth gives you excellent qualifications for this job. I do not desire to corrupt any more of my citizens with the ugliness of the rest of the galaxy.
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We were to leave that night for Apiliani. I spent the day with Allison as she showed me her favorite places in the garden that she had discovered since her isolation. It was strange being around her like this. It was like before the Paris job when we were friends...only this was much better.
We reported to the hangar at the time Al-Za'noun told us to. The others were already waiting for us. They had puzzled looks when Allison and I arrived together laughing and horsing around together.
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As we followed Al-Za'noun to the next hangar, I noticed the others staring at us. They weren't trying to hide it. They were just staring. When I caught Greg's gaze, he gave me a very puzzled gesture. Maybe they all need to spend some time in the garden.
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We entered the hangar. Sitting between two cargo ships was the Hyperion. It was impossible! We crashed in the mountains!
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(https://www.sc4devotion.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg405.imageshack.us%2Fimg405%2F3146%2Faltc0.jpg&hash=40141e5b4feefd42a5d4044cb6444acd251a309b)Al-Za'noun: No. This is a Photonica Fomalhaut - a common luxury spacecraft. The ship you traveled in was also one of these spacecraft.
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We boarded the ship. It was much much nicer than the Hyperion. The name of the ship was written in a language I didn't know.
The hangar opened and we lifted off
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Liz was our pilot as we left Earth. Greg can really be a prick sometimes.
Pilot: Please prepare for warp
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Like I said...he's a prick
We had all been through space-travel once. It was much more pleasant this time. Before, it was like feeling around in the dark for a light switch. This time, we arrived very quickly.
We always thought Earth earned the nickname "Blue Planet" because of the oceans. As we arrived at Apiliani, it was clear that no other planet but this deserves that nickname. It was more blue than any blue imaginable. There were no brown landmasses in the way of the vast ocean, but two wide bands of white clouds blanketed both poles.
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Controller: This is Apiliani approach control. You are cleared for landing at spaceport 1.
Pilot: Prepare for entry into atmosphere
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As we got closer, I could see that the white bands around the poles were not clouds, but landmasses covered in snow. I didn't see any other landmasses on the entire planet. This was going to be interesting.
We gradually got closer and closer to the planet's surface. Eventually all I could see was a brilliant blue covering everything I saw out the window. We lowered further and I could begin to see tiny specks in the blue. I realized I was looking at thousands of islands.
Pilot: Five minutes until landing. Prepare for final approach.
This planet looked amazing from the air! Thousands of tiny islands, each one different, with its unique array of towers or buildings. They looked to be connected by the same monorail system that encircled Crystal City.
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We were getting very close to the water, and I could see the detail of a few of the islands. We were definitely landing in an important area. One island had a couple very tall towers on it.
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Two other islands had government buildings on them.
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I also saw many islands with ancient ruins on them.
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The one we were heading for looked like an airport from Earth...only it was filled with spacecraft. There was a big empty tarmac in the middle.
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We slowed almost to a stop, and lowered to the ground.
Thunk.
We were safely on the ground.
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He stood from his seat and walked to the exit. The rest of us stood and followed, not knowing what to expect when the doors opened.
Shhhhhhhhhh
The doors hissed open. Blinding white sunlight raced inside the cabin. A wave of warm, humid air with the scent of flowers we've never smelled blasted us in the face. This was a tropical planet, of course.
And standing in front of us was one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.
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Apiliani looks great! :P
5 days? FIVE DAYS? Argh. :P
FF, what is in that garden, it's like they were tranquillized or something! I think Greg needs to spend some time there. Okay now we're at the part where I stopped reading over at ST so ..... &apls &apls &apls :thumbsup:
(BTW, I think you should seriously consider writing as you have a great imagination and you're style is clear and concise. You also have written the best dialog of amateur I have read! Don't get me wrong, the pictures are great and do add to the story but I, for one, would read it anyway without pictures!)
&apls love the sci-fi looks of your cities, keep it up!
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Shadow Assassin: Hahaha...patience my good man...plenty of things will blow up before the end of the world
Fred_Ginger: The garden...yes...I wish I had a garden like that. By the way, Vicki, comments like yours are the reason I keep writing. Thank you very much for your wonderful comment.
dmscopio: Thank you for visiting. Your friend 2ch.net Simplayer is a constant source of inspiration. I always love then people like you show up...people that I have entire folders dedicated to in my plugins folder.
A special thanks to fledder200 for his pictures of Liaane.
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Allison Jenson
-5 days before the end of the world
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I didn't sleep at all while I was at the hotel. I tried, but all I could do was think about what just happened. The man that I had trusted with my life had just tried to kill me. I'm normally not a vengeful person, but something had just snapped. Starting with Nick Lamont, no one was ever going to betray my trust ever again...or I would do everything in my power to destroy them.
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I showered the blood and gun residue off of me, and threw away my clothes. The entire time, my mind was burning with anger. 10,000 paths to revenge raced in my head. The Anger blinded my logic, and fueled my lust for revenge. I didn't know which method to choose, but each had the same result. Kill Nick Lamont.
Suddenly it came to me. Nick had associates here in Europe. They'd be able to give me answers. There was a guy that fixed our getaway cars. He knew how Nick planned on getting the painting out of Europe.
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I walked past him to the garage, and saw a car on a jack.
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His head popped out from under the car.
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He looked around nervously...
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I put my stilleto heel over his throat.
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I pressed my heel hard into his throat
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I took my foot off his throat.
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I moved to step on him again
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Suddenly I knew exactly who to talk to next.
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I kicked the jack that was propping up the car.
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As I walked out of the shop, some rich lady was picking up her car
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I took the keys out of his hand as I walked by
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I looked at her like like she didn't want to mess with me. She let me go.
I got in her luxury car. It was pretty nice.
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Time to go to Liaane.
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The reason I knew where to go was because Nick and I had worked with this guy before. We had robbed three banks in Vienna at the same time. We wisely parted ways afterwards, but he was extremely professional.
As I drove to Liaane I called him and arranged to meet him next to the canal, which was where we met for the first time to plan the bank jobs.
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I had the chance to read this MD from the start today and it took me an hour to do so
and saying that its great and the story behind it captivates me... I dont see whats
wrong with it??
Waht the heck? It seems fine to me.
Quote from: patfirefghtr on June 30, 2007, 09:54:16 PM
I had the chance to read this MD from the start today and it took me an hour to do so
and saying that its great and the story behind it captivates me... I dont see whats
wrong with it??
Same here. There's nothing wrong with this CJ. In fact, it's far from it.
Thank you all for replying and getting me to a new page. Since every comment seemed to deal with why Crystal City was locked, I'll just give one general reply.
Everyone: %&*$ happens.
Moving on...
This update is considerably different than anything you've seen in this, or 99.99% of other threads. Someone once said this story would be great as a movie, and I thought it would need a lot of work to get to that point, but maybe a graphic novel. Ever since then, I'd been thinking of making the entire CJ into a graphic novel style.
Even though it would be revolutionary to have each and every scene choreographed in The Sims 2 and SC4, it would take a LOT of work...and there are things I wouldn't be able to capture in either, and it requires imagination on your part.
That being said, this is the first of two graphic novel style special edition updates. A third is planned for the next update at ST. Enjoy!
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verrry verry good im glad to see it has been resolved and good update here as welll - pat
The effect on the Sims 2 pics is nice. Gets rid of that pesky "video-gamey" look that plagues many other story CJs